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Zusatztext The arrival of a second edition of James Crawford's seminal monograph is a welcome event...the second edition is more comprehensive and has a greater depth than its predecessor. Finally, although the first edition was very well received, in the intervening period Crawford has become a leading figure in international law...Crawford provides a meticulous, almost encyclopedic, account of a wide range of issues which inform the legal concept of statehood in modern international law. Informationen zum Autor James Crawford is the Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge, where he is Chair of the Faculty of Law, 2003-06. He was formerly Director of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, 1995-2003. Before moving to Cambridge in 1992 he was a Member of the Australian Law Reform Commission; from 1992 he was a member of the International Law Commission, and was responsible in that capacity for the ILC's Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court (1994) and the ILC's Articles on State Responsibility (2001). Klappentext The second edition of James Crawford's classic book brings up to date the most comprehensive treatment of statehood in the field of international law. While retaining an enormous wealth of historical material of continuing validity! the second edition tackles new problems and questions such as the international disposition of territory in Kosovo and East Timor! claims for secession in Chechnya and Quebec! and the alleged category of "failed States!" often misleadingly applied to Somalia and Afghanistan. The second edition's analytic framework includes events such as the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union! the unification of Germany! and devolution in Scotland. The book also reassesses various persistent questions in the light of the last quarter of a century of practice! such as the relation between Israel and Palestine! the status of Taiwan and Tibet! and the interplay between "stronger" and "weaker" States. Zusammenfassung Presents a treatment of statehood in the field of international law. This book tackles problems and questions such as the international disposition of territory in Kosovo and East Timor, claims for secession in Chechnya and Quebec, and the alleged category of 'failed States,' often misleadingly applied to Somalia and Afghanistan....
