1. The Kosovo Opinion of 22 July 2010: Historical, Political and Legal Pre-Requisites&Peter Hilpold 1
2. Recognition of New States—The Case of Premature Recognition&Christian Tomuschat 31
3. Secession in International Law: Does the Kosovo Opinion Require a Re-assessment of This Concept?&Peter Hilpold 47
4. Some Remarks on the Relationship between Secession and General International Law in the Light of the ICJ's Kosovo Advisory Opinion&Antonello Tancredi 79
5. Secession, Territorial Integrity and the Role of the Security Council&Stefan Oeter 109
6. The OSCE and Kosovo&Matthias Niedobitek 139
7. The European Union and Kosovo in the Light of the Territorial Issue&Isabel Lirola Delgado 57
8. Drawing Borders as a Means to Restore and Maintain Peace: From Palestine to Kosovo and Back&Michael Bothe 181
9. Decisions of the UN Security Council of Indefinite Duration: How to Define the Limits of Their Validity&Andrea Gioia 197
10. The Kosovo Opinion and Issues of International Responsibility&Helmut Philipp Aust 209
11. "You Say You'll Change the Constitution"—The ICJ and Non-State Entities in the Kosovo Advisory Opinion&Andrea Gattini 233
12. The Structure and Content of the Austrian Statements in the ICJ Advisory Proceedings Concerning Kosovo&Gerhard Hafner/Nadia Kalb 255
13. The Political Future of Kosovo after the ICJ Opinion: Status Question (Un-)Resolved?&Solveig Richter 263
Appendix. Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo 281
Index 329