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Cases and Materials on International Law, 7th Edition

Cases and Materials on International Law, 7th Edition

Name: Cases and Materials on International Law, 7th Edition
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198846895
Price: 693.42 HKD
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Author: Martin Dixon; Robert McCorquodale; Sarah Williams
ISBN: 9780198846895

Edited by Martin Dixon · Robert McCorquodale · Sarah Williams

Oxford University Press October 2024

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9780198846895
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: October 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Cases and 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.

The sixth edition includes expanded discussion of developing areas, including UN resolutions on climate change and international environmental law, new material from the International Law Commission, and coverage of major events, such as the annexation of Crimea, the legal context for Scottish independence and the UK's exit from the European Union, and the United Nations Security Council's Resolution on Malaysia Airlines MH17.

Contents:: 1.: The nature of international law and the international system; 2.: The sources of international law; 3.: The law of treaties; 4.: International law and national law; 5.: Personality and recognition; 6.: International human rights law; 7.: Sovereignty over territory; 8.: Jurisdictional sovereignty; 9.: Immunities from national jurisdiction; 10.: Law of the sea; 11.: State responsibility; 12.: International environmental law; 13.: International economic law; 14.: The use of force, collective security, and peacekeeping; 15.: Peaceful settlement of international disputes; 16.: International criminal law

About the Author

Martin Dixon, Reader in Law, Queens' College, Cambridge and Professor of Law, City University, London, Robert McCorquodale, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Nottingham, and Sarah Williams, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales