Cases and materials on international law
By: by David Harris, LLM PhD CMG, Emeritus professor in Residence and Co-Director Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham and Sandesh Sivakumaran, LLM PhD, professor of Public International Law School of Law, University of Nattingham
Contributors: Sivakumaran, Sandesh, author
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell; Thomson Reuters
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 924
ISBN-13: 9780414033030; 9780414033047
Subjects: International law; Cases; 86.80 international law: general; Droit international; Jurisprudence internationale; Conventions internationales; Arbitrage international; Traités multilatéraux; Völkerrecht; Public international law; Case-law; Manuals
Description: "Widely recognised as the leading text of its kind, the eighth edition of Cases and Materials on International Law incorporates all major developments in the subject, including: International Court of Justice judgments on the jurisdictional immunity of states (Germany v Italy) and on the obligation to prosecute or extradite in cases of torture (Belgium v Senegal), as well as the Court's advisory opinion on the legality of the declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo; New judgments of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on maritime disputes; The International Law Commission's Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties; The use of force in Crimea, Libya and Coté D'Ivoire; Developments in the UN human rights system."--Publisher's description
Notes: Table of cases: pages xvii-xxxiv.

Table of national statutes: pages xxxv-xxxvii.

Table of treaties: pages xxxix-lix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction. 1. International Law as "Law"; title: 2. The Development of International Law; title: 2. The Sources Of International Law. 1. Generally; title: 2. Custom; title: 3. Treaties; title: 4. General Principles of Law; title: 5. Judicial Decisions; title: 6. Writers; title: 7. Unilateral Acts of States; title: 8. General Assembly Resolutions; title: 9."Soft Law"; title: 10. Codification and Progressive Development of International Law; title: 3. International Law And Municipal Law. 1. Monism and Dualism; title: 2. Municipal Law in International Law; title: 3. International Law in Municipal Law; title: 4. The Executive Certificate; title: 4. Personality. 1. Generally; title: 2. States; title: 3. Mandated and Trust Territories; title: 4. Other Legal Persons; title: 5. Recognition of States and Governments; title: 6. The Effect of Recognition in British Courts; title: 5. Territory. 1. Title to Territory; title: 2. Polar Regions; title: 3. Land Boundaries; title: 4. Airspace; title: 5. Outer Space; title: 6. Rights in Foreign Territory; title: 6. State Jurisdiction.; title: 7. The law of the sea.; title: 8. State responsibility.; title: 9. Human rights.; title: 10. The law of treaties.; title: 11. The use of force.; title: 12. Arbitration and judicial settlement of disputes.