The creation of states in international law
By: James Crawford.
Edition: 2nd ed., 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199228423
Subjects: Sovereignty; State succession; Newly independent states
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Statehood and recognition; title: The criteria for statehood: statehood as effectiveness; title: International law conditions for the creation of states; title: Issues of statehood before united nations organs; title: The criteria for statehood applied: some special cases; title: Original acquisition and problems of statehood; title: Dependent states and other dependent entities; title: Devolution; title: Secession; title: Divided states and reunification; title: Unions and federations of states; title: International dispositive powers; title: Mandates and trust territories; title: Non-self-governing territories: the law and practice of decolonization; title: The commencement of states; title: Problems of identity, continuity and reversion; title: The extinction of states.