A Guide to International Law Careers

A Guide to International Law Careers
Author: Anneke Smit
Publisher: BIICL
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781905221141

The experience of many students studying public international law at a university is: "This is fascinating, but what can I do with it?" This practical and focused guide explores the options available to law graduates, beyond the traditional or domestic law career paths. The range of possible careers is vast - from human rights to investment law and from the courtroom or boardroom to the refugee camp. A Guide to International Law Careers will help with considering whether and how to pursue a career in one of these areas. The essential message is that international law jobs are out there and attainable if approached strategically and with perseverance. The text - written as a series of questions and answers - is supplemented by practitioners' views and experiences, and the appendices contain concrete information on the most useful internships, short courses, and Master's programs. This practical guide to careers in international law is written primarily for recent law school graduates and students who wish to seek a career in the UK, as well as other Commonwealth countries - Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in particular. A couple of English language career guides have been published in the past, but they tend to be US focused. Also, uniquely, this guide provides a coherent, step-by-step approach.

A Practical Guide to Using International Human Rights and Criminal Law Procedures

A Practical Guide to Using International Human Rights and Criminal Law Procedures
Author: Connie de la Vega
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2019
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 178811972X

This book is a practical, experience-based guide for advocates seeking remedies for human rights violations through the use of international institutions. Since 1948, when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, mechanisms for addressing human rights violations have multiplied to include UN Charter based bodies, treaty-based organizations including the international criminal court, and regional institutions. Each mechanism has its own admissibility requirements: accreditation, timeliness of claims, and exhaustion of remedies. For practitioners, the maze of rules and institutions can be difficult to navigate. This book offers step-by-step approaches for maximizing the institutions’ intended effect–promotion of human rights at all levels.

International Law

International Law
Author: Malcolm N. Shaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1069
Release: 2014-09-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316061272

This new edition of International Law confirms the text's status as the definitive book on the subject. Combining both his expertise as academic and practitioner, Malcolm Shaw's survey of the subject motivates and challenges both student and professional. By offering an unbeatable combination of clarity of expression and academic rigour, he ensures both understanding and critical analysis in an engaging and authoritative style. The text has been updated throughout to reflect recent case law and treaty developments. It retains the detailed references which encourage and assist further reading and study.

International Law and the Use of Force

International Law and the Use of Force
Author: Shirley V. Scott
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The editors (all from the U. of New South Wales, Australia) gather key documents concerning the international law on the use of force by states, with an emphasis on the international law on the use of force as a political endeavor. Each document, they write, is of significance for one or more of three reasons. "Either it sheds light on the political story through which this body of law evolved; or it is a legal document, a "source" of international law; or, third, it helps us to assess the real-world impact of that law." Chapters address the historical background of the current legal regime, outline the current UN Charter framework regarding the use of force; address issues relevant to the right to self-defense, the crime of aggression, and terrorism; and explore the legality of the US invasion of Iraq. Each chapter contains an introduction to the topic, followed by a selection of documents, each of which is accompanied by an analysis of the document's significance and contents. Various sidebars contain associated facts or portions of related documents.

A Guide to International Disarmament Law

A Guide to International Disarmament Law
Author: Stuart Casey-Maslen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2019-05-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351108093

Disarmament is integral to the safeguarding and promotion of security, development, and human rights. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year on disarmament operations, yet no comprehensive guide exists to explain clearly the international rules governing disarmament. This book seeks to fill that gap. It describes the international legal rules that govern disarmament and the operational, political, and technical considerations that govern their implementation. This book aims to support compliance, implementation, and further development of international disarmament law. Traditionally, disarmament focused on weapons of mass destruction. This remains a critically important area of work. In recent decades, the scope of disarmament has broadened to encompass also conventional weapons, including through the adoption of rules and regulations to govern arms transfers and measures to eliminate specific munitions from stockpiles and to destroy explosive remnants of war. There have also been four "generations" of programmes to address small arms and light weapons at national or sub-national level through disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) programmes during and following the end of armed conflict. While an internationally accepted definition of disarmament does not yet exist, it is widely agreed that disarmament encompasses or interrelates with prohibitions and restrictions on the development, production, stockpiling, testing, and transfer of weapons and on their destruction. In addition to clarifying these elements, chapters of this guide will also consider the relationship between disarmament and the law of armed conflict, and with the United Nations Security Council, human security, public health, and non-state actors.

Research Handbook on the Theory and Practice of International Lawmaking

Research Handbook on the Theory and Practice of International Lawmaking
Author: Catherine Brölmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1781953228

The global landscape has changed profoundly over the past decades. As a result, the making of international law and the way we think about it has become more and more diversified. This Research Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of international lawmaking today. It takes stock at both the conceptual and the empirical levels of the instruments, processes, and actors involved in the making of international law. The editors have taken an approach which carefully combines theory and practice in order to provide both an overview and a critical reflection of international lawmaking. Comprehensive and well-structured, the book contains essays by leading scholars on key aspects of international lawmaking and on lawmaking in the main issue areas. Attention is paid to classic processes as well as new developments and shades of normativity. This timely and authoritative Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics, students, legal practitioners, diplomats, government and international organization officials as well as civil society representatives.

LexisNexis Study Guide

LexisNexis Study Guide
Author: Stephen Tully
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-07-22
Genre: International law
ISBN: 9780409338935

This invaluable study guide provides a contemporary and accessible foundation for the study of all key aspects of international law. It covers the fundamentals of theory and practice and highlights issues of particular relevance to Australia. Format: Paperback Begin your revision or exam preparation with this essential tool for success! The LexisNexis Study Guide series is designed to assist law students with the foundations for effective, systematic revision and exam preparation. Each chapter clearly explains pertinent topics within international law and identifies key materials to consolidate learning. Succinct summaries of principles and key cases simplify exam study and short, concise paragraphs, bullet-pointed summaries, flowcharts and tables facilitate revision. This book provides a contemporary and accessible foundation for the study of all key aspects of international law. It covers the fundamentals of theory and practice and highlights issues of particular relevance to Australia. Features oÂeo Includes key cases and commentary to simplify revision and exam study oÂeo Clear summaries assist students to understand and retain key principles oÂeo Compact and portable - great for open book exams

An Introduction to Contemporary International Law

An Introduction to Contemporary International Law
Author: Lung-chu Chen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2015
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190227990

Applies the New Haven School approach explaining discrete aspects of the global decision process and their effects on the content of international legal rules. Provides an in-depth treatment of the key features of the New Haven School of international law. References both classic historical examples and contemporary events to illustrate international legal processes and principles. Focuses on important trends in international law, including the movement from a state-centered system to a people-centered one. Contributes to the growth of a world community of human dignity through international law. -- Publishers website.