ABSTRACT

This comprehensive and informative text has been restructured and brought fully up to date in order to explain international law as it stands at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

chapter 1|38 pages

THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|26 pages

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE MODERN WORLD

1 THE INCREASED SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

chapter 3|5 pages

THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |37 pages

(b) The material fact

chapter 4|30 pages

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MUNICIPAL LAW

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 5|2 pages

THE SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

1 THE NATURE OF LEGAL PERSONALITY

chapter |23 pages

(e) Determination of statehood

chapter 6|12 pages

RECOGNITION OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 5|20 pages

IS THERE A LEGAL DUTY TO RECOGNISE?

chapter 7|14 pages

TERRITORY

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 4|4 pages

RECOGNITION, ACQUIESCENCE AND ESTOPPEL

chapter 8|1 pages

CONTIGUITY

chapter 9|7 pages

RIGHTS OF FOREIGN STATES OVER TERRITORY

chapter 8|17 pages

JURISDICTION

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |13 pages

(d) The passive personality principle

chapter 7|6 pages

EXTRA-TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

chapter 9|7 pages

SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 7|1 pages

WAIVER OF IMMUNITY

chapter 8|8 pages

THE HEAD OF STATE

chapter 10|3 pages

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR RELATIONS

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |1 pages

(g) Abuses of the system

chapter 7|7 pages

THE INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSON

chapter 11|5 pages

THE LAW RELATING TO TREATIES

1 THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF TREATIES

chapter |21 pages

(e) Statute

chapter 12|5 pages

THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

chapter 12|2 pages

THE LAW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|9 pages

THE NATURE OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY

chapter 4|19 pages

THE NATIONALITY OF CLAIMS

chapter 13|7 pages

THE LAW OF THE SEA

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 3|15 pages

BASELINES

chapter 9|23 pages

THE CONTIGUOUS ZONE

chapter 13|14 pages

THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

chapter 15|1 pages

THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES

chapter 14|3 pages

AIR LAW AND SPACE LAW

1 AIR LAW

chapter |3 pages

(b) The modern law

chapter |2 pages

(c) The Warsaw Convention system

chapter 2|6 pages

SPACE LAW (a) Introduction

chapter 15|27 pages

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 11|6 pages

THE OUTLAWING OF TORTURE

chapter 16|3 pages

THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

chapter 19|2 pages

CONCLUSIONS

chapter 16|1 pages

HUMAN RIGHTS: THE REGIONAL FRAMEWORK

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|1 pages

EUROPE (a) Introduction

chapter 3|12 pages

THE INTER AMERICAN SYSTEM

chapter 6|2 pages

CONCLUSIONS

chapter 17|15 pages

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 5|25 pages

THE INTERNATIONAL DUTY TO CO-OPERATE

chapter 18|3 pages

STATE SUCCESSION

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |2 pages

(c) Political treaties

chapter |3 pages

(c) The Baltic states

chapter 9|2 pages

Conclusion

chapter 19|22 pages

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 20|2 pages

THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BETWEEN STATES

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|3 pages

NEGOTIATION AND CONSULTATION

chapter 4|26 pages

INQUIRY

chapter |9 pages

(j) Ad hoc chambers

chapter 21|5 pages

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE USE OF FORCE BY STATES

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |2 pages

(b) Reprisals

chapter 6|15 pages

THE USE OF FORCE IN SELF-DEFENCE

chapter 22|3 pages

THE UNITED NATIONS

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|29 pages

MEMBERSHIP

chapter 6|6 pages

PEACEKEEPING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

chapter 18|4 pages

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter |2 pages

(a) Africa

chapter |16 pages

(e) The Americas

chapter 24|15 pages

THE LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT

1 INTRODUCTION

chapter 7|6 pages

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

chapter 10|7 pages

NEUTRALITY

chapter 13|3 pages

CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS