Matthew Craven

The Decolonization of International Law

State Succession and the Law of Treaties

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Against the backdrop of decolonization and the territorial adjustments of the 1990s, the issue of state succession continues to be a vital and complex focal point for public international law. This book offers a pragmatic re-assessment of the foundations of the law of succession, assessing the attempts, and failures to achieve a codified body of law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 165mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9780199217625
• ISBN-10: 0199217629
• Artikelnr.: 23022981

Autorenporträt

Matthew Craven is Professor of International Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: Critical Diagnostics
1: What's Wrong with State Succession?
2: A Brief History
3: Succession, Identity and Continuity
4: The Ends of Succession
Part Two: Codification and Decolonization
5: The Move to Codification
6: Initial Positions
A) The ILC Sub-Committee
B) The ILA
7: The Waldock Reports
A) From Contract to Status
B) New States
C) Residual Categories
D) Real Treaties
8: Final Moves: The Vienna Conference
Part Three: New Beginnings, New Ends
9: Beyond Decolonization: 1989 -
10: The Perils of Formalism
11: Treaty Continuity
12: Being Pragmatic?
Conclusion