James Crawford is the Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge, where he is Chair of the Faculty of Law, 2003-06. He was formerly Director of the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, 1995-2003. Before moving to Cambridge in 1992 he was a Member of the Australian Law Reform Commission; from 1992 he was a member of the International Law Commission, and was responsible in that capacity for the ILC's Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court (1994) and the ILC's Articles on State Responsibility (2001).
`One of the classic monographs of international law.' Geoffrey Marston, Cambridge Law Journal [review of the first edition] `Of great value not only to international lawyers but also to students of the impact of new states and nationalist movements on world politics.' Hedley Bull, Times Literary Supplement [review of the first edition] `Not only a masterful compilation of state practice and a minutely detailed review of the literature but a thoughtful analysis of one of international law's most perplexing problems.' Colin Warbrick, International Affairs [review of the first edition] `This new and much expanded edition of James Crawford's seminal 1979 publication is an invaluable contribution to the theory and practice of international law..Crawford's monumental study acknowledges such developments in the international arena, while convincingly demonstrating that the study of statehood remains at the core of the discipline' Australian Yearbook of International Law [review of the second edition] `This book stands alone in its field. It will be the first point of reference for anyone seeking information or enlightenment on how States have come into being, how they change, and how - sometimes - they disappear. It is an essential.. purchase for all international law and international relations libraries.' Michael Wood, International and Comparative Law Quarterly