International Law

OUTLINE CONTENTS......Page 2
CONTENTS......Page 4
EDITOR\'S INTRODUCTION......Page 13
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 16
TABLE OF INTERNATIONAL\rINSTRUMENTS......Page 19
TABLE OF INTERNATIONAL CASES......Page 23
TABLE OF STATUTES BY COUNTRY......Page 24
TABLE OF DOMESTIC CASE LAW\rBY COUNTRY......Page 25
REFLECTIONS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT......Page 26
THE PINOCHET CASE - SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS......Page 28
THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW FROM THE BAR......Page 30
REFLECTIONS FROM THE PRACTICE OFINTERNATIONAL LITIGATION......Page 32
A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 35
THE PERSPECTIVE OF A FOREIGN MINISTRY LEGAL ADVISER......Page 37
PART I THE HISTORY ANDTHEORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 39
1 A SHORT HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 40
2 SOME COMMON HERESIES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW: SUNDRY THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 54
3 WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR?......Page 69
PART II THE STRUCTURE OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION......Page 82
4 THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 83
5 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND \'RELATIVE NORMATIVITY\'......Page 97
6 THE PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE LAW OF TREATIES......Page 111
PART III THE SUBJECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER......Page 126
7 STATES AND RECOGNITION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 127
8 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS......Page 159
9 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM......Page 174
PART IV THE SCOPE OF SOVEREIGNTY......Page 188
10 JURISDICTION......Page 189
11 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RESTRAINTS ON THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION BY NATIONAL COURTS OF STATES......Page 203
12 IMMUNITIES ENJOYED BY OFFICIALS OF STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS......Page 218
13 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LAW......Page 232
PART V RESPONSIBILITY......Page 246
14 THE NATURE AND FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 247
15 ISSUES OF ADMISSIBILITY AND THE LAW ON INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 261
PART VI RESPONDING TO BREACHES OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS......Page 276
16 COUNTERMEASURES AND SANCTIONS......Page 277
17 THE MEANS OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT......Page 289
18 THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE......Page 304
19 THE USE OF FORCE AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER......Page 319
PART VII THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 335
20 THE LAW OF THE SEA......Page 336
21 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW......Page 353
22 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW......Page 369
23 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW......Page 385
24 INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 403
25 THE LAW OF WAR (INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW)......Page 419
INDEX......Page 437