Professor Michael Bazyler and his Chapman University law graduates and students published in January, 2025, The Russo-Ukrainian War Law Handbook (Carolina Academic Press 2025) with co-authors Noëlle Quénivet, Ashot Agaian and Lydia Korostelova. The RUWAR Law Handbook is the first comprehensive legal text on the Ukraine War. It aims to serve as the "go-to" source for those researching or seeking to understand the new world legal order being created after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war, the largest in Europe since the Second World War. The open source e-book is divided into 5 parts: Part I: Ukrainian History, Law, and Politics; Part II: Assisting the Victims; Part III: Violations of International Law; Part IV: Rebuilding A Postwar Ukraine and the Law; and Part V: Russian Law After the Invasion. Each chapter contains primary source documents (laws, court judgments and other significant legal materials);explanatory text and commentary; original essays by practitioners and scholars; illustrations, charts, graphs, and other visual material; and suggestions for further reading with hyperlinks. The RUWAR Law Handbook is designed for all those seeking to expand their understanding of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a legal event.

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