Introduction

PART 1 Territory and Legal Studies: Refraining the Role of Law in Territorial Conflicts

1 Territory and Conflicts: Is International Law the Problem? 3
Beatrice I. Bonafe
2 Territory and the Law of Ownership: From Misunderstanding to Opportunity 16
Francesco Palermo
3 Beyond Majoritarian Autonomy? Legislative and Executive Power-Sharing in European Regions 39
Karl Kossler
4 Studying Territorial Autonomy as a Multiplicity of Ways to Institutionalise Ethnicity 67
Alexander Osipov
5 In Search of a Fair Balance between the Inviolability of Borders, Self-determination and Secession in International Law 90
Antonello Tancredi
6 Territorial Entitlement and Exit Scenarios 105
Jure Vldmar
7 Internationalised Territorial Regimes as Solution to Conflicts? 124
Maria Chiara Vitucci

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 145
Oleksandr Yarmysh and Alina Cherviatsova
9 Constitutions and Territorial Claims: Lessons from the Former Soviet Space 174
Caterina Ftlipplnl
10 Territorial (Se)Cession in Light of Recent Events in Crimea 194
Veronika Bilkova
11 Multiple Identities in a Unitary State: Tracing the Origins of the Ukrainian Crisis Back 219
Simone Stefan
12 Shrinking Autonomy for Tatarstan and Gagauzia: The Perils of Flexible Institutional Design 244
Federica Prina
13 The Intractable Case of Northern Kosovo in the Light of the 2013 Brussels Agreement 270
Enrico Milano
14 Territorial and Ethnic Divide: A New Legal Geography for Cyprus 285
Matteo Nlcolinl
15 International Economic Law and Conflict Resolution: The West Bank between Dominium, Land Ownership and Land Grabbing 316
Federica Cristani
16 Dutch-German Boundary Relations in the Eems-Dollard (Ems-Dollart) Estuary: .An Implicit Condominium? 346
Harry H.G. Post
17 Conclusion: Laws and Conflicts over Territories 362
Giuseppe Nesi

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