Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law

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Routledge, Jul 14, 2015 - Law - 720 pages

Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries, Law Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field's development and stressing key principles and processes.

This comprehensive text eliminates the need for multiple books by combining discussions of theory and state practice with excerpts from landmark cases. Renowned for its rigorous approach and clear explanations, Law Among Nations remains the gold standard for undergraduate introductions to international law.

Learning Goals

Trace the development of International Law through key principles and processes.

Illustrate important issues and theories using excerpts from landmark cases.

 

Contents

Contents
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER4 CHAPTER 5 PART I The Law of Nations
Visions of International Politics
Why Do States Obey International Law?
Civil Code States and the European Union
CHAPTER 2
High Seas
Mixed Claims Commissions
Responsibility of States for the Actions of Rebels and Insurgent
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 The Law of the
Telecommunications
Agents of International Intercourse Immunities
Privileges and Immunities
Suggested Readings

The Nineteenth Century
Suggested Readings
CHAPTER 3
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Beyond Article 38 of the Statute
Suggested Readings
What Makes a Treaty Valid?
Special Problems
Suggested Readings
CHAPTER 5
Responsibility for Injuries
Sanctions and Centralized Enforcement
The Relationship Between International and Municipal
CHAPTER 8 PART II Subjects of International
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 13
Contemporary Practice
Suggested Readings
State Immunity
Act of State Doctrine
The Allocation of Competence in International
Nationality
Right of the State to Confer Nationality
CHAPTER 10 Nationality
Common Elements of Extradition Treaties
Suggested Readings
Aliens
CHAPTER 16 PART IV International Law and the Individual
Theory and Practice
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
CHAPTER 16
International Criminal
Peacetime Hostage Taking
InterAmerican Convention Against Terrorism
CHAPTER 17
Suggested Readings
CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 Adjudication
The Earth Summit Rio Conference
Conclusion
Economic Theory and Economy
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 PART VI Law and the Use of Force
The Classic Definition of
Terrorism and SelfDefense
Suggested Readings
CHAPTER 21
Limiting the Means of
Rules of Conflict in the
War Crime Tribunals
After Nuremberg
Subject and Name Index
Index of Cases
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About the author (2015)

Gerhard von Glahn (late) was Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

James Larry Taulbee is Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory University.

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