Self-Determination and Secession in International Law

Christian Walter is Professor of Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich. Previously, he worked as a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Public International Law, Heidelberg, clerked at the German Federal Constitutional Court, and was as a professor of law at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. His research focuses on general questionsof Public International Law, Comparative Law, and Law and Religion.; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg is Lecturer of Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Munich. After graduating in law and history, she worked as an academic assistant at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and clerked at the German FederalConstitutional Court. Her research interests include general questions of Public International Law, Comparative Law, and Law and Religion.Kavus Abushov is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Baku. He received his PhD in political science from the Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster. He has taught at the University of Münster and held guest lectures at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, MIT, University of Toulouse, and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. His research interests include international relations theory and foreign policy analysis, internationalrelations, and transition processes of the post-Soviet space.