1. فارسی

الف)کتاب‌ها

1. شاحیدر، عبدالکریم؛ مویدیان، امینه (1394)، وضعیت حقوقی دولت‌های خودخوانده در حقوق بین‌الملل، تهران: مجد.
2. ضیایی بیگدلی، محمدرضا (1398)، حقوق بین‌الملل عمومی، چ شصت‌وپنجم، تهران: گنج دانش.

ب) مقالات

3. رنجبریان، امیرحسین؛ فرحزاد، مهسا (1394)، «تحولات عناصر تشکیل دولت: از مؤثر بودن به مشروعیت»، فصلنامۀ مطالعات حقوق عمومی، دورۀ 45، ش 2، ص 272-255.
4. زمانی، قاسم (1394)، «ماهیت حقوقی داعش در حقوق بین‌الملل: دولت یا بازیگر غیردولتی»، فصلنامۀ دولت پژوهی، سال اول، ش 1، ص 131-113.
5. عزیزی، ستار (1389)، «موضع و دلایل حقوقی روسیه در شناسایی جمهوری‌های آبخازیا، اوستیای جنوبی و عدم شناسایی کوزوو»، مجلۀ حقوقی بین‌المللی، ش 42، بهار- تابستان، ص 65-87.

ج) پایان‌نامه‌ها

6. حاشی عبدالرحمن، سعدیه (1397)، حق تعیین سرنوشت مردم سومالی‌لند، پایان‌نامۀ کارشناسی ارشد حقوق بین‌الملل، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی.
7. انگلیسی
8. A) Books
9. Bahcheli, Tozun (2004), " Under Turkey’s wings: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the struggle for international acceptance", in: Tozun Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik (eds.), De Facto States: The quest for sovereignty, Routledge, pp.164-186.
10. Brownlie Ian (1998), Principles of Public International law, Oxford University Press, fifth Edition.
11. Conforti, Benedetto & Focarelli, Carlo (2016), The Law and Practice of the United Nations, Fifth Revised Edition, Edited by Niels Blokker Leiden; Boston: Brill Nijhoff.
12. Crawford, James (2006), the Creation of States in International Law, Cambridge University Press.
13. Dugard, John & David Raiˇc (2006), “The Role of Recognition in the Law and Practice of Secession”, in: Marcelo G. Kohen (eds.), Secession: International Law Perspectives, Cambridge University Press.pp.94-137.
14. Fabry, Mikulas (2010), Recognizing States: International Society and the Establishment of New States since 1776, Oxford University Press.
15. Kreijen, Gerard (2004), State Failure, Sovereignty and Effectiveness: Legal Lessons from the Decolonization of Sub-Saharan Africa, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
16. Mihalkanin, Edward (2004), " The Abkhazians: A national minority in their own homeland", in: Tozun Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik (eds.), De Facto States: The quest for sovereignty, Routledge, pp.143-163.
17. Potier, Tim (2000), History of the Conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia", Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia: A Legal Appraisal, The Hague/ Boston: Kluwer Law International.
18. Raic, David (2002), Statehood and the Law of Self- Determination, The Hague (The Netherlands), Kluwer Law International.
19. Roper, D. Steven (2004), " From frozen conflict to frozen agreement: The unrecognized state of Transnistria", in: Tozun Bahcheli, Barry Bartmann and Henry Srebrnik (eds.), De Facto States: The quest for sovereignty, Routledge, pp.102-117.

1. B) Articles
2. Arieff , Alexis (2008), "De Facto Statehood? The Strange Case of Somaliland", Yale Journal of International Affairs, Vol.3, No.2, pp.60-79.
3. Chan, C. W. Phil (2009), "The Legal Status of Taiwan and the Legality of the Use of Force in a Cross-Taiwan Strait Conflict", Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 455–492.
4. Eggers, K. Alison (2007), "When is a State a State? The Case for the Recognition of Somaliland", Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Vol.30, Issue 1, pp.211-222.
5. Grzybowski, Janis (2017), " To Be or Not to Be: The Ontological Predicament of State Creation in International Law", European Journal of International Law, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 409–432.

16. Kreuter, Aaron (2010), "Self-Determination, Sovereignty, and the Failure of States: Somaliland and the Case for Justified Secession", Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vol. 19, No.2, pp.363-397.
17. Lalos, Dimitrios (2011), " Between Statehood and Somalia: Reflections of Somaliland Statehood", Washington University Global Studies Law Review,Vol.10, Issue 4, pp.789-812.
18. Milena, Sterio (2011), "A Grotian Moment: Changes in the Legal Theory of Statehood", Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 39, Issue 2, pp. 209-238.
19. Okeowo, Demola (2008), “Statehood, Effectiveness and the Kosovo Declaration of Independence”, available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1316445.
20. Weller, marc (1992), "The International Response to the Dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", American Journal of International Law, Vol.86, Issue 3,pp.569.607.

1. C) Other Documents and cases
2. ICJ Advisory Opinion, Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo, 22 July 2010
3. ILC Ybk 1956/II, 107.
4. ILAŞCU AND OTHERS v. Moldova and Russia Judgment, 2004.
5. International Law Commission Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, 2001.