International law: international disputes and civil procedure

The post-Cold War proliferation of international adjudicatory bodies and increase in litigation has greatly affected international law and politics.

The post-Cold War proliferation of international adjudicatory bodies and increase in litigation has greatly affected international law and politics.

What should we call law when it is not the law of one or several states?

What should we call law when it is not the law of one or several states?

This book provides a full analytical overview of the establishment and functioning of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the newest and most controversial of the UN-sponsored international criminal courts.

This book provides a full analytical overview of the establishment and functioning of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, the newest and most controversial of the UN-sponsored international criminal courts.

The European Court of Human Rights between Law and Politics provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins and development of one of the most striking supranational judicial institutions.

International Law is both an introduction to the subject and a critical consideration of its central themes and debates.

International investment law is one of the fastest growing areas of international law.

International investment law is one of the fastest growing areas of international law.

This is the first systematic analysis of multiple proceedings arising from investor-state disputes, including proceedings before multiple arbitral tribunals, the domestic courts of host states, and other forums such as the European Court of Human Rights.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

This third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

This third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

Questions as to when a state owes obligations under a human rights treaty towards an individual located outside its territory are being brought more and more frequently before both international and domestic courts.

Questions as to when a state owes obligations under a human rights treaty towards an individual located outside its territory are being brought more and more frequently before both international and domestic courts.

This book evaluates the concept of the function of law through the prism of the International Court of Justice.

This book evaluates the concept of the function of law through the prism of the International Court of Justice.

This is a guide to and commentary on the new procedural rules for arbitration adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in December 2012.

This is a guide to and commentary on the new procedural rules for arbitration adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in December 2012.

Damages are a topic of central importance in international arbitration, being very often the principal concern of the parties, and an indication of the performance of their counsel.

Damages are a topic of central importance in international arbitration, being very often the principal concern of the parties, and an indication of the performance of their counsel.

Transplanting International Courts provides a deep, systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice.

Transplanting International Courts provides a deep, systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice.

Since the 9/11 attacks, international organizations have become actively engaged in devising counterterrorism strategies and frameworks.

Since the 9/11 attacks, international organizations have become actively engaged in devising counterterrorism strategies and frameworks.

The Practitioner's Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration provides reports on the arbitration systems and laws of 13 countries in addition to commentaries on the arbitration rules of ICC, ICDR, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as well as on the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention.

The Practitioner's Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration provides reports on the arbitration systems and laws of 13 countries in addition to commentaries on the arbitration rules of ICC, ICDR, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as well as on the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention.

The European system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival.

The European system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival.

The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the most influential human rights documents in existence, in terms of its scope, impact, and jurisdiction.

The European Convention on Human Rights is one of the most influential human rights documents in existence, in terms of its scope, impact, and jurisdiction.

Arbitration is the dispute resolution method of choice in international commerce, but it rests on a complex legal foundation.

Arbitration is the dispute resolution method of choice in international commerce, but it rests on a complex legal foundation.

Treaty shopping, also known under the terms of nationality planning, corporate (re-)structuring or corporate maneuvering, implies a strategic change of nationality or strategic invocation of another nationality with the aim of accessing another (usually more favourable) investment treaty for purposes of investment arbitration.

Treaty shopping, also known under the terms of nationality planning, corporate (re-)structuring or corporate maneuvering, implies a strategic change of nationality or strategic invocation of another nationality with the aim of accessing another (usually more favourable) investment treaty for purposes of investment arbitration.

Although domestic law plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, this issue is little discussed or analysed.

Although domestic law plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, this issue is little discussed or analysed.

Defining Issues in International Arbitration: Celebrating 100 Years of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators brings together world-renowned international arbitration specialists - both practitioners and academics - who have never before appeared in the same volume.

Defining Issues in International Arbitration: Celebrating 100 Years of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators brings together world-renowned international arbitration specialists - both practitioners and academics - who have never before appeared in the same volume.

Interest plays a vital and increasing role in international arbitration proceedings, with almost every case having an element of interest involved.

Interest plays a vital and increasing role in international arbitration proceedings, with almost every case having an element of interest involved.

In recent years States have made more and more extensive use of the International Court of Justice for the judicial settlement of disputes.

In recent years States have made more and more extensive use of the International Court of Justice for the judicial settlement of disputes.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.

Nation states have long and successfully claimed to be the proper and sovereign forum for determining a country's international economic policies.