International Law and Ethnic Conflict

"Under David Wippman's able editorship, this book is a useful work that constitutes a significant contribution to scholarship in the field of international law and ethnic conflict."--Richard B. Bilder, University of Wisconsin

The breakup of the former Yugoslavia demonstrates the limitations of international law in the face of ethnic conflict. The contributors to this book examine the various roles international law and international institutions play in dealing with ethnic conflict. International Law and Ethnic Conflict first covers general philosophical, historical, and cultural issues arising from attempts to apply international law to ethnic conflict. The authors assess the legitimacy of demands based on group identity, the legal rights of ethnic groups, the validity of various entitlement claims, and the meaning of statehood. They then consider the institutional and policy responses of international organizations and states in their attempts to deal with ethnic conflict and analyze the extent to which various forms of intervention prove successful.

NATHANIEL BERMAN, Northeastern University School of Law LEA BRILMAYER, New York University Law School ABRAM CHAYES, Harvard Law School ANTONIA HANDLER CHAYES, Senior Adviser, Conflict Management Group LORI FISLER DAMROSCH, Columbia University School of Law TOM J. FARER, University of Denver DIANE F. ORENTLICHER, Washington College of Law, American University MICHAEL PLATZER, United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division STEVEN R. RATNER, University of Texas Law School DAVID J. SCHEFFER, U. S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues ANN-MARIE SLAUGHTER, Harvard Law School FERNANDO R. TESN, Arizona State University College of Law RUTH WEDGWOOD, Yale Law School DAVID WIPPMAN, Cornell Law School