•     “The combination of a rich contextual framework, clarification of policy goals and detailed trend analyses, all informed by policy appraisal, will make this book the indispensable handbook for all who grapple with the increasingly common phenomenon of succession.”

W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, Preface, in State Succession and Commercial Obligations x (2006).

•      “State Succession and Commercial Obligations has done the international community a great documentary and theoretical service.”

Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law, Director, Transnational Law Institute, Washington & Lee University School of Law, 6 Chinese Journal of International Law 254 (2007)

•   “One can only hope that international and local decision makers involved with Kosovo read and heed his book before it is too late to organize a constructive approach to working out the complicated succession issues embedded in a decision over the final status for Kosovo.”

Henry Perritt, Professor of Law and Former Dean, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 25 Wisconsin Journal of International Law 129 (2007).

•        “A remarkably erudite study and a laudable achievement.”

Robert Sloane, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law, 30 Fordham Journal of International Law 1288 (2007)

•   “[A] thoughtful, illuminating appraisal of the competing policies that support the current framework of state succession.”

Roger Alford, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 23 Arbitration International 511 (2007).

•         “A thoughtful and clearly written volume that contributes significantly to the academic literature on state and government succession.”

Gregory Bowman, Associate Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law, 51 New York Law School Law Review 580 (2007).