The creation of states in international law / James Crawford.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [760]-850) and index.

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.