OUVRAGE : J. Grzybowski, G. Prelz Oltramonti, A. Verdebout (eds.), Contested States in War and Law

Janis GRZYBOWSKI, Giulia PRELZ OLTRAMONTI, Agatha VERDEBOUT

The precarious status of contested sSates both reflects and begets conflict. From Taiwan to Western Sahara and from Nagorno-Karabakh to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, contested States call into question the standard categories of international law that divide inside and outside, State and non-State, war and rebellion. They inevitably fall in-between them, while alternatively disputing and negotiating their applicability.