International Law - Law

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 issues surrounding sovereignty and jurisdiction are likely to become ever more pressing as globalisation, growing pressure on resources and the need for energy and national security become acute, and the resolution of special delimitation disputes seems likely to become a vital question in the 2..

Space law is an area of International Law that has developed massively in the last fifty years. This book gathers together the author’s knowledge and experience in readable form, and, with an extensive citation of the literature of space law, its discussion provides an excellent source for both stud..

State Accountability under International Law sets forth a definition of State accountability as the antithesis of State impunity, and establishes a threshold against which the existence, or not, of State accountability can be determined. The book draws together the many academic theories relating to..

State Accountability under International Law sets forth a definition of State accountability as the antithesis of State impunity, and establishes a threshold against which the existence, or not, of State accountability can be determined. The book draws together the many academic theories relating to..

This important and timely volume considers competing international obligations in relation to the patenting of life, offering a pragmatic two-step approach to state agency to resolve apparent conflicts between the regulatory options afforded by economic globalization and the need to forge domestic l..

This important and timely volume considers competing international obligations in relation to the patenting of life, offering a pragmatic two-step approach to state agency to resolve apparent conflicts between the regulatory options afforded by economic globalization and the need to forge domestic l..

 Doctrinal Illusion and State Interest takes a bigger picture approach to a number of distinct problems in international law scholarship by looking at the building blocks of the legal system, merging the insights of legal philosophy and analytic theory, on the one hand, and sources doctrine, on the ..

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...

The 2002 New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law relating to Sustainable Development marked a significant milestone setting out seven principles of sustainable development that have been agreed in treaties and soft-law instruments. This book provides an overview of the expanding bod..

This book analyzes the legality of the use of force by the US, the UK and their NATO allies against Afghanistan in 2001 and considers the implications for the use of force in the future...

This book analyzes the legality of the use of force by the US, the UK and their NATO allies against Afghanistan in 2001 and considers the implications for the use of force in the future...