Full Description
Cases & Materials on International Law is a topical and engaging companion for study, offering broad coverage on public international law and placing disputes directly within the context of contemporary debate. The book contains the essential cases and materials that students need in order to fully understand and analyse the international legal system, drawing on a truly global range of jurisdictions and sources. Expert author commentary and notes place selected extracts within the wider legal framework and explain the complexities of the principles of law to students.
Contents
1: The nature of the international legal system
2: Sources of international law
3: The law of treaties
4: International law and domestic law
5: Legal Personality and recognition
6: International human rights law
7: Sovereignty over territory
8: Jurisdictional sovereignty
9: State responsibility
10: Peaceful settlement of international disputes
11: The use of force, collective security and peacekeeping
12: Immunities from national jurisdiction
13: Law of the sea
14: International environmental law
