Crawford, James,  1948- <br/><br/>
The creation of states in international law / 
James Crawford 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxford :  New York :  Clarendon Press ;  Oxford University Press,  2006 
 - lxxii, 870 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [760]-850) and index 
<br/><br/>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 -- Original acquisition and problems of statehood -- Dependent states and other dependent entities -- Devolution -- Secession -- Divided states and reunification -- Unions and federations of states -- International dispositive powers -- Mandates and trust territories -- Non-self-governing territories : the law and practice of decolonization -- The commencement of states -- Problems of identity, continuity and reversion -- The extinction of states. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198260024 (alk. paper)  RM507.50 9780198260028 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013353998  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sovereignty<br/>State succession<br/>Newly independent states