Oxford LibGuides: International law: from 1945 to date: Statehood

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Subject search terms to try in SOLO:
Decolonization
Self-determination, National
State Succession
Postcolonialism
Imperialism
Globalization

Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law (MPEIL)
Alternative names: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) ; Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro)

The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law combines the fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) (originally published in print between 1991 and 2001) with the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro) which has been published (online only) since September 2019. The peer-reviewed articles in both works are updated and added to monthly.

Decolonization: a Very Short Introduction by Dane Kennedy
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780199340491
Publication Date: 2016-05-02
Print copy could be requested from stacks if preferred
The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire by Martin Thomas (Editor); Andrew Thompson (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9780198713197
Publication Date: 2019-02-06
Print copies in BHFL and History RR.
Statehood and Self-Determination : reconciling tradition and modernity in international law by Duncan French (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 1107029333
Publication Date: 2013
Print copy is at Internat 540 F873.8a
The Decolonization of International Law: state succession and the law of treaties by Matthew Craven
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 9780199217625
Publication Date: 2008
Print copy is at Internat 540 C898a
Boundaries and Secession in Africa and International Law by Dirdeiry M. Ahmed
Call Number: Internat 540 A286.5a
ISBN: 1107117984
Publication Date: 2015
Bandung, Global History, and International Law by Luis Eslava (Editor); Michael Fakhri (Editor); Vasuki Nesiah (Editor)
Call Number: Internat 510 E76a
ISBN: 1107123992
Publication Date: 2017

UN Documentation on Decolonization
Free resource Research guide by staff at Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Statehood, Succession, Recognition, Sovereignty

Charter of the UN art 2(1) The Organization is based on the principleof the sovereign equality of all its Members.

Possible subject terms to use in SOLO searches
Sovereignty
State succession
Secession
Self-determination, National
Recognition (International law)
Legitimacy of governments
Nation-state
Newly independent states

Recognition in International Law by Hersch Lauterpacht; James Crawford (Foreword by)
Call Number: Internat 545 L389f
ISBN: 1107609437
Publication Date: 2012 reprint of 1947
The Creation of States in International Law by James Crawford
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0198260024
Publication Date: 2nd edn 2006
Print copy is at Internat 540 C899a2
The Process of International Legal Reproduction by Rose Parfitt
Call Number: Internat 500 P229a
ISBN: 1316515192
Publication Date: 2019-01-17
The Shifting Allocation of Authority in International Law Considering Sovereignty, Supremacy and Subsidiarity by Tomer Broude (Editor); Yuval Shany (Editor)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
ISBN: 9781841137971
Publication Date: 2008
Print copy at Internat 560 L313a if preferred
Sovereignty: a contribution to the theory of public and international law by Hermann Heller; David Dyzenhaus (Editor); Belinda Cooper (Translator)
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 0198810547
Publication Date: 2019
Print copy is at Internat 510 H477a if preferred
Re-Envisioning Sovereignty: the end of Westphalia? by Charles Samford; Melea Lewis; Ramesh Thakur; Trudy Jacobsen
Call Number: Internat 500 J17a
ISBN: 0754672603
Publication Date: 2008