| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Table of Contents | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-24页 |
| A. Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| B. Research questions | 第15-16页 |
| C. Methodology: Qualitative Analysis | 第16-19页 |
| D. Literature review | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Existing Laws of Statehood and the Criticisms to which they areSubjected | 第24-49页 |
| A. Two competing theories | 第24-31页 |
| B. Importance of statehood | 第31-32页 |
| C. The Montevideo Convention and its deficiencies | 第32-49页 |
| 1. The four criteria | 第33-37页 |
| 2. Independence | 第37-39页 |
| 3. Self-determination | 第39-42页 |
| 4. Observance of international law | 第42-43页 |
| 5. Protection of minorities | 第43-44页 |
| 6. Democracy | 第44-45页 |
| 7. Membership of the UN | 第45-49页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Development of Laws of Statehood for the Retention ofStatehood upon Total Loss of Territory | 第49-80页 |
| A. Evolving criteria of statehood | 第49-50页 |
| B. Recognition is also constitutive | 第50-61页 |
| C.Continuity:Presumption against extinction | 第61-64页 |
| D. Deterritorialised States | 第64-72页 |
| 1. Must a state be regarded as a territorial entity? | 第64-65页 |
| 2. Cyber-nations? | 第65-70页 |
| 3. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 第70-72页 |
| E. Re-conceptualization of Statehood | 第72-80页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Maritime Claims | 第80-87页 |
| A. The fi×ing of baselines | 第81-83页 |
| B. Artificial islands | 第83-87页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第87-93页 |
| Bibliography | 第93-100页 |
