TY  - GEN
AU  - Evans, Malcolm D. 
TI  - International law
SN  - 9780199654673
U1  - 341 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
N2  - Summary
Evans' International Law provides wide-ranging analysis of all the key issues and themes in public international law and brings together an outstanding collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading scholars in the field. The fourth edition succeeds both in explaining the principles of international law and exposing the debates and challenges that underlie it. Now fully revised and updated, it continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating overview of this increasingly important subject; revealing international law in its full diversity. International Law is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners.
Contents
A short history of international law /​ Stephen C Neff
What is international law for? /​ Martti Koskenniemi
A view of delft : some thoughts about thinking about international law /​ Iain Scobbie
The sources of international law /​ Hugh Thirlway
Soft law in international law-making /​ Alan Boyle
International law and 'relative normativity' /​ Dinah Shelton
The practical working of the law of treaties /​ Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Statehood, self-determination, and recognition /​ Matthew Craven
International organizations /​ Dapo Akande
The individual and the international legal system /​ Robert McCorquodale
Jurisdiction /​ Vaughan Lowe and Christopher Staker
International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states /​ Hazel Fox
Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations /​ Chanaka Wickremasinghe
The relationship between international and national law /​ Eileen Denza
The character and forms of international responsibility /​ James Crawford and Simon Olleson
Issues of admissibility and the law of international responsibility /​ Phoebe Okowa
The responsibility to protect /​ Spencer Zifcak
Countermeasures and sanctions /​ Nigel White and Ademola Abass
The means of dispute settlement /​ John Merrills
The international court of justice /​ Hugh Thirlway
The use of force and the international legal order /​ Christine Gray
The law of the sea /​ Malcolm D Evans
International environmental law /​ Catherine Redgwell
International investment /​ Surya P Subedi
International criminal law /​ Robert Cryer
International human rights law /​ Sir Nigel Rodley
The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) /​ David Turns
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