International Status in the Shadow of Empire - Nauru and the Histories of International Law

This book offers a new account of Nauru's imperial history and examines its significance in the history of international law.

List of contents

1. International Status, Imperial Form: Nauru and the Histories of International Law; 2. From Trading Post to Protectorate, 1888; 3. From Protectorate to Colony to Mandate, 1920; 4. From Mandate to Trust Territory, 1947; 5. From Trust Territory to Sovereign State, 1968; 6. After Independence: Sovereign Status and the Republic of Nauru.

About the author

Cait Storr is Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. She is an associate member of the Institute of International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School, and junior faculty with the Institute of Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School. Her doctoral thesis was awarded the University of Melbourne Chancellor's Prize.

Summary

This is an elegant, readable narrative of Nauru's imperial history that makes a compelling argument for the island's significance in the history of international law. It includes crucial new research for scholars in international law and history, as well as in German history, Pacific history, and contemporary international relations.

Product details

• Authors: Cait Storr, Cait (University of Glasgow) Storr, Cait (University of Technology Sydney) Storr, STORR CAIT
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108498500
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49850-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, LAW / International, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history, 1871–1914 (German Imperial period), Micronesia, Public international law: territory and statehood, International law of territory & statehood