title: An Illegal Territorial Regime? On the Occupation and Annexation of Crimea as a Matter of International Law
abstract: What happens to the international law of occupation when the de facto administrator not only subjectively rejects its applicability, but maintains the occupation with the intention to acquire or transform territory? What effects does it have on the de facto administrator’s status? And what implications on the welfare of the civilian population? Is it appropriate for international law to regulate such situations as belligerent occupations? Russia’s occupation of Crimea exemplifies the regulatory 
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