- An essential text for all
students of international law
- Fully revised and updated to
include all recent developments in international law - contains a new chapter on Terrorism
and extensive revision of the section on state responsibility
- Topics covered in sufficient
depth to be used as a core text on undergraduate and postgraduate courses
- Written by a world-leading
practitioner and highly-respected academic in the field of international law, providing a
more personal approach to the study of international law - good intellectual exercise for
stronger students
- A comprehensive commentary
on international law as a whole, comparing the traditional legal position with the
developing and evolving law in a way that is sensitive to political and economic
considerations
- Includes detailed yet
accessible examinations of state responsibility and international criminal law.
- Updated companion website
containing a wealth of material traditionally found in cases and materials books -
includes all key documents, cases, materials, principal agreements, and treaties needed by
students as well as useful web links to related web sites
- Includes new footnotes
Description
This new edition of
Cassese's International Law provides a stimulating and authoritative account of
International Law for undergraduates and postgraduates. It has been fully revised and
updated to include all recent developments in the subject, and contains a new chapter on
terrorism as well as extensive revision of the section on State Responsibility. Providing
a comprehensive commentary on International Law as a whole, it compares the traditional
legal position with the developing and evolving law in a way that is sensitive to
political and economic considerations, as well as including detailed yet accessible
examinations of State Responsibility and International Criminal Law.
Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules in International Law.
Contents
Part I Origins and
Foundations of the International Community
1 The Main Legal Features of
the International Community
2 The Historical Evolution
of the International Community
3 The Fundamental Principles
Governing International Relations
Part II Subjects of the
International Community
4 States as the Primary
Subjects of International Law
5 The Spatial Dimension of
State Activities
6 Limitations on State
Sovereignty: Immunities of Foreign States and State Organs, and Treatment of Foreigners
and Individuals
7 Other International Legal
Subjects
Part III Creation and
Implementation of International Legal Standards
8 International Lawmaking:
Custom
9 Treaties
10 Other Lawmaking Processes
11 The Hierarchy of
International Rules: The Role of Jus Cogens
12 Implementation of
International Rules within National Systems
Part IV Breaches of
International Law and their Consequences
13 International Wrongful
Acts and the Legal Reaction Thereto
14 Mechanisms for Promoting
Compliance with Law and Preventing or Settling Disputes
15 Enforcement
Part V Contemporary Issues
in International Law
16 The Role of the United
Nations
17 UN Sanctions and the
Multilateral Use of Force
18 Unilateral Resort to
Force by States
19 The Protection of Human
Rights
20 Legal Restraints on
Violence in Armed Conflict
21 The Repression of
International Crimes
22 The International
Response to Terrorism
23 The Protection of the
Environment
24 Legal Attempts at
Narrowing the North-South Gap
530 pages