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This book addresses multiple aspects of the conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in August 2008, including the use of force, human rights, transnational litigation and international law 'rhetoric'. The particulars of the conflict are explored alongside their wider implications for international order.
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About the authors
JAMES A. GREEN is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Reading, UK. He was previously a researcher at the universities of Nottingham and Michigan. He is the author of The International Court of Justice and Self-Defence in International Law, which was awarded the Francis Lieber Prize for an exceptional work in the field of law and armed conflict.
CHRISTOPHER WATERS is the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada. In 2006-07 he was a Visiting Research Fellow in the 'Changing Character of War' programme at the University of Oxford. His publications include Counsel in the Caucasus and The State of Law in the South Caucasus.
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Book Title: Conflict in the Caucasus
Book Subtitle: Implications for International Legal Order
Editors: James A. Green, Christopher P. M. Waters
Series Title: Euro-Asian Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292413
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-24124-4Published: 20 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-31691-5Published: 01 January 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29241-3Published: 19 October 2010
Series ISSN: 2662-625X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6268
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 179
Topics: Economic Policy, International Relations, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, European Union Politics, Regional/Spatial Science, Public International Law