International Law in Antiquity

International Law in Antiquity
Author: David J. Bederman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2001-03-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139430270

This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. The book examines the sources, processes and doctrines of international legal obligation in antiquity to re-evaluate the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations - diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare - in a detailed analysis of international relations in the Near East (2800–700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500–338 BCE) and Rome (358–168 BCE). Containing topical literature and archaeological evidence, this 2001 study does not merely catalogue instances of recognition by ancient states of these seminal features of international law: it accounts for recurrent patterns of thinking and practice. This comprehensive analysis of international law and state relations in ancient times provides a fascinating study for lawyers and academics, ancient historians and classicists alike.

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.

International Law

International Law
Author: Vaughan Lowe
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2007-09-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191027286

International Law is both an introduction to the subject and a critical consideration of its central themes and debates. The opening chapters of the book explain how international law underpins the international political and economic system by establishing the basic principle of the independence of States, and their right to choose their own political, economic, and cultural systems. Subsequent chapters then focus on considerations that limit national freedom of choice (e.g. human rights, the interconnected global economy, the environment). Through the organizing concepts of territory, sovereignty, and jurisdiction the book shows how international law seeks to achieve an established set of principles according to which the power to make and enforce policies is distributed among States.

India and International Law

India and International Law
Author: Nagendra Singh
Publisher: New Delhi : S. Chand
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1973
Genre: International law
ISBN:

Published under the auspices of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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.

International Law and History

International Law and History
Author: Ignacio de la Rasilla
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108473407

The first contemporary historiography of international law and an essential methodological guide for researching international legal history.