Fundamentals of Public International Law

Fundamentals of Public International Law
Author: Giovanni Distefano
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 991
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004396691

Fundamentals of Public International Law, by Giovanni Distefano, provides an overview of public international law’s main principles and fundamental institutions. By introducing the foundations of the legal reasoning underlying public international law, the extensive volume offers essential tools for any international lawyer, regardless of the specific field of specialization. Dealing expansively with subjects, sources and guarantees of international law, university students, scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from the book’s treatment of what has been called the “Institutes” of public international law.

State Responsibility in International Law

State Responsibility in International Law
Author: René Provost
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351898035

In the wake of the adoption by the International Law Commission of a complete set of articles on state responsibility in international law in 2001, this collection assembles a number of essays tracing key debates which have marked the evolution of this field over the last fifty years. These include explorations of the general theory of state responsibility (link between ’primary’ and ’secondary’ rules, the place of due diligence, the link between liability and wrongfulness), the consequences of an internationally wrongful act (nature of remedies, suitability of countermeasures, third states and the shift from bilateralism to community interests in the law of state responsibility), the debate over criminalizing state responsibility, and the continuing relevance of the law of injuries to aliens. The collection also contains a series of essays offering critical perspectives on state responsibility, including feminist and developing world perspectives. It is completed by an extensive and up-to-date bibliography.

Customary International Humanitarian Law

Customary International Humanitarian Law
Author: Jean-Marie Henckaerts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2005-03-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0521808995

Customary International Humanitarian Law, Volume I: Rules is a comprehensive analysis of the customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts. In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, this is clearly a publication of major importance, carried out at the express request of the international community. In so doing, this study identifies the common core of international humanitarian law binding on all parties to all armed conflicts. Comment Don:RWI.

International Law: A Very Short Introduction

International Law: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Vaughan Lowe
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191576204

Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organisation, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and illegal immigrants around the world. This Very Short Introduction explains what international law is, what its role in international society is, and how it operates. Vaughan Lowe examines what international law can and cannot do and what it is and what it isn't doing to make the world a better place. Focussing on the problems the world faces, Lowe uses terrorism, environmental change, poverty, and international violence to demonstrate the theories and practice of international law, and how the principles can be used for international co-operation.

Sources of International Law

Sources of International Law
Author: Martti Koskenniemi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 575
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351548166

A collection of essays on the various aspects of the legal sources of international law, including theories of the origin of international law, explanation of its binding force, normative hierarchies and the relation of international law and politics.

The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties

The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Treaties
Author: Simon Chesterman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2019
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190947845

This book brings together world experts on the United Nations and international law, to examine not only the content of that legal regime but how it has been transformed since the second half of the twentieth century.

Custom's Future

Custom's Future
Author: Curtis A. Bradley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 703
Release: 2016-02-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316654125

Although customary international law has long been an important source of rights and obligations in international relations, there has been extensive debate in recent years about whether this body of law is equipped to address complex modern problems such as climate change, international terrorism, and global financial instability. In addition, there is growing uncertainty about how, precisely, international and domestic courts should identify rules of customary international law. Custom's Future seeks to address this uncertainty by providing a better understanding of how customary international law has developed over time, the way in which it is applied in practice, and the challenges that it faces going forward. Reflecting an interdisciplinary mix of historical, empirical, economic, philosophical, and doctrinal analysis, and containing chapters by leading international law experts, it will be of use to lawyers, judges, and researchers alike.

Customary International Law and Treaties

Customary International Law and Treaties
Author: Mark Eugen Villiger
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1997-10-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9041104585

States often regard themselves bound by treaty rules which have developed under customary international law, even though many of the treaties themselves have not been ratified. The Law of the Sea Convention, for instance, has generated new customary rules which modified the 1958 Geneva Conventions. These & many other issues are dealt with clearly & systematically in this informative handbook on the relations between written & unwritten international law. The conclusions of the first edition of Customary International Law & Treaties were largely confirmed by the International Court of Justice in the Nicaragua Case. This fully revised second edition, while basing itself on the original version, brings the subject up to date.