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an introduction to public international law

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Pearson
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English
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720

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Table of Contents

The nature of international law
The nature of the law
Visions of international politics
Why do states obey international law?
Extralegal factors that promote compliance
Development of law among nations
Early development of international law
Writers
The impact of Westphalia (1648)
The nineteenth century
International law as international before World War I
Twentieth Century
Chinese concepts of law
The new states
Sources of the law
International treaties (conventions)
International custom
Comity
Equity
Beyond Article 38 of the statute
Soft law
The International Law Commission
International agreements
Types of agreements
General principles
Formation of treaties
Special problems
Validity of treaties
International legal process
Diplomatic correspondence : government-to-government claim or negotiation
Inquiry and fact-finding
Courts sanctions and centralized enforcement
The relationship between international and municipal laws
Monism and dualism : what Is the relationship between international and domestic law?
Applying international law
Subjects of international law
Subjects of international law
The community of nations
Unions of sovereign states
A note on leased territory
Recognition of states and governments
Recognition in General
State practice and recognition : states and governments
Possible conditions and terms
Continuing questions : self-determination Is what states
Make of It
Contemporary practice
State succession
Rights and duties of international legal persons
Traditional views
Rights of states
The rights of existence and independence
The right of equality
The right of immunity
State immunity
Act of state doctrine
Rights of international organizations
Duties of states
The allocation of competence in international law
Nationality
Meaning of nationality
Right of the state to confer nationality
Principles of jurisdiction
Principles of international jurisdiction
Extradition
Common elements of extradition treaties
State responsibility : responsibility for injuries to aliens
Circumstances precluding wrongfulness
The rainbow warrior
Mixed claims commission
Responsibility of states for the actions of rebels and insurgent governments
The law of the sea
Some notes on Lawmaking at the international level
General principles
Basic principles
Maritime boundaries and jurisdictional principles
High seas
A note on regimes and the idea of the global commons
Jurisdiction over air space and outer space
National airspace
Air hijacking
Telecommunications
Outer space
Agents of international intercourse immunities
Diplomatic agents
Diplomatic privileges and immunities
Agents of international organizations : privileges and immunities
Consular agents
International law and the individual
The individual and international law human rights
The individual : from object to subject
Restrictions on the jurisdiction of states over their nationals
Theory and practice
The United Nations and human rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Other human rights instruments
Implementation
Commission on Human Rights
Regional human rights initiatives
Human rights and territorial asylum
U.S. practice and human rights conventions
International criminal law
Crimes against humanity and genocide
Transboundary (transborder) crimes
Piracy
Peacetime hostage taking
Terrorism
Inter-American Convention against Terrorism
Part five process and issues
Adjudication
Advantages and disadvantages of adjudication
International adjudication
Arbitration
Judicial settlement
International law and protection of the environment
The environment and traditional international law
The limits of the liability/traditional law frame-work
Regimes and the law
Organizations and regimes
The earth summit (Rio conference)
Treaties
International economic law
Economic theory and economy law
World War I and the great depression
Prelude : modern economic theory and political economy
The Bretton woods system
The International Monetary Fund
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The multilateral investment guarantee agency
Law and the use of force
The use of force
The classic definition of war
Pre-charter attempts to regulate the use of force
The United Nations
Collective security and the security council
Defining the scope of self-defense : early problems
Terrorism and self-defense
The United Nations and collective decision
International humanitarian law war crimes
The laws of war (Jus in Bello) : international humanitarian law
Early development of the law of war
Law of noninternational wars
Prisoners of war
Acts constituting war crimes : limiting the means of war
Belligerent occupation
Fourth Geneva Convention and PA-I
Rules of conflict in the air
Naval Warfare
The International Criminal Court.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
341
Library of Congress
KZ3185 .V6 2010, KZ3185.V6 A35 2013, KZ3185

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
720

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25122452M
Internet Archive
lawamongnationsi0000vong_q1l4
ISBN 10
0205855776
ISBN 13
9780205855773
LCCN
2011049530

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