Territorial Disputes in the Shadow of Law: Legal Claims and the Use of Force

• In Event: State Behavior and Territorial Conflict

Brief Overview

This paper examines the effect of legal claims on the challenger's likelihood of using force in territorial disputes. I find that a militarily capable challenger can be emboldened by its stronger legal claims to use force.

Author

• Furkan Yavuz Benliogullari, University of California, San Diego