Statehood and the state-like in international law /
Rowan Nicholson.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource.
- Oxford monographs in international law Oxford scholarship online .
- Oxford monographs in international law. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
If the term were given its literal meaning, international law would be law between 'nations'. It is often described instead as being primarily between states. But this conceals the diversity of the nations or state-like entities that have personality in international law or that have had it historically. This text reconceptualizes statehood by positioning it within that wider family of state-like entities. In this monograph, Rowan Nicholson contends that states themselves have diverse legal underpinnings.