Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law

8. New Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-415-24355-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 582 Seiten, Format (B × H): 254 mm x 182 mm, Gewicht: 1214 g

Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law continues to offer a concise and accessible overview of the concepts, themes and issues central to international law. This fully updated eighth edition encompasses the plethora of recent developments and updates in the field, and includes new dedicated chapters on international human rights, self-determination and international economic relations, an extended history and theory section reflecting the evolution of new and critical approaches in the field and a greater focus on terrorism and international criminal law.

New and updated chapters include:

Creation and recognition of States
Territory
Law of the sea
Immunities
State succession
Nationality and individual rights
Protection of the environment
Settlement of disputes
Use of force and armed conflict

With a distinctive cross-jurisdictional approach which opens up the discipline to students from all backgrounds, this book will arm the reader with all the tools, methods and concepts they need to fully understand this complex and diverse subject. As such, this is an essential text for students of international law, government and politics, international relations, and a multitude of related subject areas.

This textbook is supported by a companion website: www.routledge.com/cw/orakhelashvili.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orakhelashvili, Alexander (University of Birmingham, UK)

Orakhelashvili, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. History 3. Sources of international law 4. International law and municipal law 5. Creation and recognition of States 6. Legal personality of non-State entities 7. Territory 8. The law of the sea 9. Air space and outer space 10. State jurisdiction 11. Immunity from jurisdiction 12. Law of treaties 13. State responsibility 14. State succession 15. Protected persons and entities: nationality and individual rights 16. Protected persons and entities: human rights, group rights and self-determination 17. Protection of the environment 18. International economic relations 19. International criminal justice 20. Use of force 21. Laws applicable to war and armed conflict 22. The United Nations and peace and security 23. Settlement of disputes

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Orakhelashvili, LLM (Leiden), PhD (Cantab.) is a Senior Lecturer at the law school of the University of Birmingham. His research covers all areas of international law. He has written and edited several books on international law, as well as a number of articles and chapters in leading journals and edited collections.