Originally published in 1998, International Society and the De Facto Society explores the phenomenon of de facto statehood in contemporary international relatio

This book analyzes how de facto states—including Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Kosovo, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the

A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states — political communities that manifest forms of statehood in internat

The Oxford ILDC online database, an online collection of domestic court decisions which apply international law, has been providing scholars with insights for m

From Kurdistan to Somaliland, Xinjiang to South Yemen, all secessionist movements hope to secure newly independent states of their own. Most will not prevail. T