| Description |
lxxii, 870 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Statehood and recognition -- The criteria for statehood: statehood as effectiveness -- International law conditions for the creation of states -- Issues of statehood before united nations organs -- The criteria for statehood applied: some special cases -- Modes of the creation of states in international law -- Dependent states and other dependent entities -- Devolution -- Secession -- Divided states and reunification -- Unions and federations of states -- The creation of states in international organizations -- Mandates and trust territories -- Non-self-governing territories: the law and practice of decolonization -- Issues of commencement, continuity and extinction -- Problems of identity, continuity and reversion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [760]-850) and index |
| Subject |
Sovereignty.
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State succession.
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Newly independent states.
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| LC no. |
2006000256 |
| ISBN |
0198260024 alkaline paper |
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