P. O’Connell, D. Keywords: Newly-independent states | State succession | Mots clefs: Etats nouveaux | Succession d états | ABSTRACT Daniel O'connel points out that the accession of many former colonial territories to independence has drawn the attention of jurists of international law to the problem of State succession. The author proposes in his course an in-depth and a systematic study of the problem, focuses first on the theory of State succession and the place of State succession in the theory of State, the met…