The Break-up of Yugoslavia and International Law

By Peter Radan

The demise of the former Yugoslavia was brought about by various secessionist movements seeking international recognition of statehood. This book provides a critical analysis from an international law perspective of the break-up of Yugoslavia.
Although international recognition was granted to the former Yugoslav republics of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia, the claims of secessionist movements that sought a revision of existing internal federal borders were rejected. The basis upon which the post-secession international borders were accepted in international law involved novel applications of international law principles of self-determination of peoples and uti possidetis. This book traces the developments of these principles, and the historical development of Yugoslavia's internal borders.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415253527
• ISBN13: 9780415253529
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.9"