Law, Territory and Conflict Resolution : Law As a Problem and Law As a Solution.

Intro -- Law, Territory and Conflict Resolution: Law as a Problem and Law as a Solution -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Territory and Legal Studies: Reframing the Role of Law in Territorial Conflicts -- 1: Territory and Conflicts: Is International Law the Problem? -- 2: Territory and the Law of Ownership: From Misunderstanding to Opportunity -- 3: Beyond Majoritarian Autonomy? Legislative and Executive Power-Sharing in European Regions -- 4: Studying Territorial Autonomy as a Multiplicity of Ways to Institutionalise Ethnicity -- 5: In Search of a Fair Balance between the Inviolability of Borders, Self-determination and Secession in International Law -- 6: Territorial Entitlement and Exit Scenarios -- 7: Internationalised Territorial Regimes as Solution to Conflicts? -- Part 2: Law and the Dynamics of Territorial Conflicts: Problems and Solutions in Selected Case Studies -- 8: Transferring Crimea from Russia to Ukraine: Historical and Legal Analysis of Soviet Legislation -- 9: Constitutions and Territorial Claims: Lessons from the Former Soviet Space -- 10: Territorial (Se)Cession in Light of Recent Events in Crimea -- 11: Multiple Identities in a Unitary State: Tracing the Origins of the Ukrainian Crisis Back -- 12: Shrinking Autonomy for Tatarstan and Gagauzia: The Perils of Flexible Institutional Design -- 13: The Intractable Case of Northern Kosovo in the Light of the 2013 Brussels Agreement -- 14: Territorial and Ethnic Divide: A New Legal Geography for Cyprus -- 15: International Economic Law and Conflict Resolution: The West Bank between Dominium, Land Ownership and Land Grabbing -- 16: Dutch-German Boundary Relations in the Eems-Dollard (Ems-Dollart) Estuary: An Implicit Condominium? -- 17: Conclusion: Laws and Conflicts over Territories -- Index.

Law, Territory and Conflict Resolution examines the role of law in territorial disputes and legal realities in territorial conflicts by critically reflecting on the well-established assumption that law is 'part of the solution' rather than 'part of the problem'.

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