James Summers, LL.D (2004) University of Helsinki, is a lecturer in international law and human rights at the University of Lancaster. He has published extensively on self-determination, including Peoples and International Law (Brill, 2007).

• Editor's Preface; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Part I Introduction Chapter 1 Kosovo: From Yugoslav Province to Disputed Independence James Summers; Part II Kosovo's Unilateral Declaration of Independence Chapter 2 Another Frozen Conflict: Kosovo's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and International Law Kaiyan H. Kaikobad Foreword by Colin Warbrick; Chapter 3 From Province to Protectorate to State: Sovereignty Lost, Sovereignty Gained? Morag Goodwin; Chapter 4 A Contemporary Interpretation of the Principles of Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and Self-Determination, and the Kosovo Conundrum Besfort Rrecaj; Chapter 5 Kosovo: Unilateral Secession and Multilateral State-Making Jure Vidmar; Part III Kosovo and Self-Determination and Minority Rights Chapter 6 Self-Determination and Minority Protection after Kosovo Helen Quane; Chapter 7 Post-World War 2 Exercises of Self-Determination: "Peaceful", "Friendly", and "Other" Elizabeth Chadwick; Chapter 8 The Long Intervention in Kosovo: A Self-Determination Imperative? Stephen Tierney; Chapter 9 Kosovo's Independence: Re-Examining the Principles Established by the EC Badinter Commission in Light of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion Gulara Guliyeva; Chapter 10 The Kosovo Question and Uti Possidetis: The Potential for a Negotiated Settlement Stephen Allen And Edward Guntrip; Part IV Implications of Kosovo as a Precedent for Other Regions Chapter 11 Is Kosovo and Metohija Indeed a 'Unique Case'? Miodrag A. Jovanovic; Chapter 12 The Impact of the 'Kosovo Precedent' on Self-Determination Struggles Snezana Trifunovska; Chapter 13 The Impact of Kosovo: A Precedent for Secession in Georgia? Vakhtang Vakhtangidze; Chapter 14 The Basque Country: With or Without the Spanish Constitution, Like or Unlike the Kosovo Precedent? Miryam Rodriguez-Izquierdo Serrano; Index.

“Scholars, international decision-makers, and governmental operatives should explore this rich vein of practical nuggets. In an arena otherwise laden with sub-surface political animus. This addition to the literature should be lodged in any library or personal collection focusing on secession, self-determination, and a better understanding of what the Kosovo conflict has to offer for contemporary secession discourse.”American Society of International Law, Newsletter, Issue #43, January 2012.