Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The creation of states in international law /

Crawford, James, 1948-

The creation of states in international law / James Crawford. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2006. - lxxii, 870 p. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: 1979.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. The concept of statehood in international law: 1. Statehood and recognition -- 2. The criteria for statehood : statehood as effectiveness -- 3. International law conditions for the creation of states -- 4. Issues of statehood before United Nations organs -- 5. The criteria for statehood applied : some special cases -- Pt. II. Modes of the creation of states in international law: 6. Original acquisition and problems of statehood -- 7. Dependent states and other dependent entities -- 8. Devolution -- 9. Secession -- Divided states and reunification -- 10. Unions and federations of states -- 11. International dispositive powers -- Pt. III. The creation of states in international organizations: 12. International dispositive -- 13. Mandates and trust territories -- 14. Non-self-governing territories : the law and practice of decolonization -- Pt. IV. Issues of commencement, continuity and extinction: 15. The commencement of states -- 16. Problems of identity, continuity and reversion -- 17. The extinction of states.

9780198260028 (hbk.) 0198260024 (hbk.) 9780199228423 (pbk. repr. 2007)


Sovereignty.
State succession.
Newly independent states.

KZ4041. / C7 2006

341.26