An introduction to contemporary international law: a policy - oriented perspective

Preface to the Third Edition 
 Preface to the Second Edition 
 Preface to the First Edition 
 Part One / Delimitation of the Task 
 1 International Law in a Policy-Oriented Perspective 
 Part Two / Participants 
 2 Nation-States 
 3 International Governmental Organizations 
 4 Nongovernmental Organizations and Associations 
 5 The Individual 
 Part Three / Perspectives 
 6 Minimum World Order and Optimum World Order 
 Part Four / Arenas 
 7 Establishment of and Access to Arenas of Authority 
 Part Five / Bases of Power 
 8 Control over Territory 
 9 Control and Use of the Sea 
 10 Control and Use of Other Resources 
 11 Control of People: Nationality and Movement 
 12 Protection of People: From Alien Rights to Human Rights 
 13 Vertical Allocation of Authority 
 14 Horizontal Allocation of Authority 
 Part Six / Strategies 
 15 The Diplomatic Instrument 
 16 International Agreements 
 17 The Ideological Instrument 
 18 The Economic Instrument 
 19 The Military Instrument 
 Part Seven / Outcomes 
 20 The Intelligence Function 
 21 The Promoting Function 
 22 The Prescribing (Lawmaking) Function 
 23 The Invoking Function 
 24 The Applying Function 
 25 The Terminating Function 
 26 The Appraising Function 
 Part Eight / Effects 
 27 Succession of States 
 28 Responsibility of States 
 29 Individual Criminal Responsibility 
 Part Nine / Prospects 
 30 Toward a World Community of Human Dignity 
 Bibliography 
 List of Treaties 
 Index