%0 Book %A Jonathan Rößler %D 2017 %C München, Germany %I GRIN Verlag %@ 9783668491090 %T Can annexation be justified? Analysing Russia's annexation of Crimea %U https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/369393 %X This essay seeks to answer the question when and how annexation can be justified under international law. It starts outlining competing normative theories on secession and annexation. Afterwards, it examines the contemporary state of international law and state-practice on annexation. Finally, under consideration of these theoretical inquiries, the essay analyses the secession and Russia's subsequent annexation of Crimea. It comes to the conclusion that although secession and subsequent annexation can theoretically be justified under international law, this was for several reasons not the case with Crimea. %G English