Aggression against Ukraine, 2015 Territory, Responsibility, and International Law

Conquest, annexation, secession by force these belong to a statecraft which great powers after World War II seemed to have set aside for good. Russia in 2014 however brought them back. Aggression against Ukraine examines the stakes in Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk and other troubled borderlands and for international law and public order as a whole.

PART I: AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE 1. 'Glory and Outstanding Valour' The Seizure of Crimea 2. Crimea and the Use of Force 3. Non-Recognition PART II: THE TERRITORIAL SETTLEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 4. The Privileged Character of Boundaries and Territorial Regimes 5. Boundaries, Territory and the Obligation Not to Recognize the Unlawful Situation 6. Use of Force and Other Values 7. Boundaries, Territory and Human Rights PART III: DOMESTIC ORDER, INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND MECHANISMS FOR CHANGE 8. The West's Interventions and Russia's Argument Conclusion

Thomas D. Grant is an academic and practicing lawyer specializing in international dispute settlement and public international law. Notable cases on which he has served as counsel or assistant-to-counsel include the Temple Interpretation case (Cambodia v. Thailand), Macedonia v. Greece, and the Kosovo advisory case. He is a fellow of Wolfson College in the University of Cambridge; a Senior Associate of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Dr Grant is author of several books, has published many articles in refereed journals, and has contributed chapters to numerous multi-author volumes. He is a contributing author to the Max-Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law; a foreign corresponding editor of International Legal Materials; and a co-founder and General Editor of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement. He also comments from time to time on current issues, articles of his having appeared in the Washi