A major new collection of essays edited by Professor Duncan French, Head of the Law School and Professor of International Law, has been published by Cambridge University Press.

“Statehood and Self-Determination: Reconciling Tradition and Modernity in International Law” focuses on the challenges to the international legal order of increasingly diverse array of claims for statehood, minority rights and rights of self-determination.

As the fundamental unit of international law, Statehood remains surprisingly subject to contestation and debate.