International Law of Territory & Statehood

While Palestinians continue to face the threat of expulsion from their homes, identifying legal mechanisms that can be used to assert Palestinians ...

The often violent emergence of new independent states following the end of the Cold War generated discussion about the normative grounds of territo...

Arbitrating Empire offers a new history of the emergence of the United States as a global powerone shaped as much by attempts to insulate the US ju...

In North America and Europe, cross-border governance arrangements have provided formal and informal frameworks to support cross-border cooperation....

Brexit and the rekindling of the European Union enlargement talks require a reappraisal of the law of the EUs proximity policies. In that light, th...

This book analyses the strategies and narratives of Non-State Armed Actors (NSAAs), principally relying on primary material and interviews conducte...

Sun analyses the important and understudied subject of jurisdiction in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) over five groups of activities. It explore...

Although the recognition of States is a common occurrence in international relations and retains a central position in discussions of international...

This illuminating study describes the genesis of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention. It is the first comprehensive analysis of ...

Territories are more than simply bounded spaces; they reflect the ways in which we think of geographic space. Territoriality, or laying claim to te...

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights. Four new case ...

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights. Four new case ...

What constitutes a sovereign state in the international legal sphere? This question has been central to international law for centuries. Sovereignt...

Water covers some 75% of the earths surface, while land covers 25%, approximately. Yet the former accounts for less than 1% of world GDP, the latt...

Despite being proven ineffective as a coercive tool or deterrent, the international community has actively withheld recognition in numerous instanc...

When a person is not recognised as a citizen anywhere, they are typically referred to as stateless. This can give rise to challenges both for indiv...

Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal States have sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage the ...

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, ...

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, ...

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, ...

If the term were given its literal meaning, international law would be law between 'nations'. It is often described instead as being primarily betw...