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Contested States in War and Law
Author(s): Janis Grzybowski
- Publisher: Bristol University Press
- Publication Date: September 18, 2025
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 282 pages
- ISBN-10: 152924689X
- ISBN-13: 9781529246896
Book Description
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Bringing together perspectives from a range of disciplines, this book explores the precarious situation of so-called ‘de facto’, ‘unrecognised’ or ‘contested’ states that are either at or threatened by war as they blur traditional categories of international law.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘State sovereignty and the violence wrought in its name are justified and resisted, defined and unsettled in legal terms as these terrific chapters illuminate with careful case studies and a clarifying theoretical insight.’ David Kennedy, Harvard University
‘Centred on legal aspects, cross-regional and interdisciplinary – a great addition to the literature.’ Magdalena Dembińska, Université de Montréal
About the Author
Janis Grzybowski is Associate Professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of Lille, France, and a 2025-26 Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
Giulia Prelz Oltramonti is a research fellow at the Centre for Security and Defence Studies (CSDS), Royal Higher Institute for Defence, Belgium, and a member of the REPI (Recherche et études en politique internationale) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
Agatha Verdebout is a senior researcher at the Research and Information on Peace and Security Group (GRIP) and associate member of the Center for International Law (CDI) of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium.
