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The ICJ Opinion on the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Relation to Kosovo: Rules or Principles

Volker Roeben, Volker Roben Orcid Logo

Göttingen Journal of International Law, Volume: 2, Pages: 1063 - 1086

Swansea University Author: Volker Roben Orcid Logo

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Argues that the Kosovo Opinion of the ICJ relies on a mistaken construction of self-determination and territorial integrity as rules rather than principles. Develops an alternative argumentative framework for the steering of secession processes, based on the distinction between internal and external...

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Published in: Göttingen Journal of International Law
Published: 2010
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12281
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Abstract: Argues that the Kosovo Opinion of the ICJ relies on a mistaken construction of self-determination and territorial integrity as rules rather than principles. Develops an alternative argumentative framework for the steering of secession processes, based on the distinction between internal and external principles.
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Start Page: 1063
End Page: 1086