TY - BOOK AU - Nicholson,Rowan TI - Statehood and the state-like in international law T2 - Oxford monographs in international law SN - 9780191885945 (ebook) : AV - KZ4034 U1 - 341.26 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - International law KW - State, The N1 - This edition also issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - 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 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198851219.001.0001 ER -