Public international law: territory and statehood

This book offers a new account of Nauru''s imperial history and examines its significance in the history of international law.

The right to self-determination is renowned for its lack of clear interpretation.

This book explores the extent to which contemporary international law expects states to take into account the interests of others - namely third states or their citizens - when they form and implement their policies, negotiate agreements, and generally conduct their relations with other states.

This book seeks to comment upon the nature and scope of two important remedies in the adjudication of boundary disputes.

Islands and their status in international law have become one of the more contentious issues in public international law.

The right to self-determination is renowned for its lack of clear interpretation.

Traces Palestine''s statehood to the 1924 League of Nations mandate and provides an account of how Palestine has been recognized until the present day.

This addition to the Elements of International Law series explores the role of international law as an integral part of the Russian legal system, with particular reference to the role of international treaties and of generally-recognized principles and norms of international law.

This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

This book stands on its head the most venerated tradition in international law and discusses the challenges of resource scarcity, sovereignty, and territorial temptation.

The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law.

To many, a border is a geographical fact.

Under the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, States have sovereign rights over the resources of their continental shelf out to 200 nautical miles from the coast.

By departing from accounts of a universalist component in Israel's early foreign policy, Rotem Giladi challenges prevalent assumptions on the cosmopolitan outlook of Jewish international law scholars and practitioners, offers new vantage points on modern Jewish history, and critiques orthodox interpretations of the Jewish aspect of Israel's foreign policy.

An empirical analysis of the global ocean''s most contested maritime territory, the South China Sea and its agents of contest.

A comprehensive examination of the legal limits to the military commander''s assessment of military necessity during armed conflict.

Over the last two decades, the "e;new international order"e; of 1919 has grown into an expansive new area of research across multiple disciplines.

This book analyses the strategies and narratives of Non-State Armed Actors (NSAAs), principally relying on primary material and interviews conducted by the author.

This book examines theories of morality and ethics in war through a comprehensive study of the Israel Defence Forces.

While Palestinians continue to face the threat of expulsion from their homes, identifying legal mechanisms that can be used to assert Palestinian's property rights is needed more than ever.

This book is about the US politics and law of judicial extraterritoriality and how it influences international rule making and enforcement.

The values of freedom and equality are at the heart of what it means for liberal states to do justice to their citizens.

A multidisciplinary empirical study of how juvenile justice standards were operationalised by the state and UNICEF in post-genocide Rwanda.

The topic of sovereignty is contentious, and one of enduring interest.

This volume is an edited collection of essays on various aspects of the 2010 Kosovo Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice.

Traces Palestine''s statehood to the 1924 League of Nations mandate and provides an account of how Palestine has been recognized until the present day.

A thorough analysis of how effectively international courts and tribunals adjudicate transboundary water disputes, using detailed case studies.

This book examines theories of morality and ethics in war through a comprehensive study of the Israel Defence Forces.

The first comprehensive study of Chilean constitutional history in the English language.

This volume is an edited collection of essays on various aspects of the 2010 Kosovo Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice.

This book offers a legal analysis of the European Neighbourhood Policy (the ENP) as it applies to developing relations with the EU's neighbours.

Addresses challenges to the implementation of international human rights law from institutional, normative and practical perspectives.

A multidisciplinary empirical study of how juvenile justice standards were operationalised by the state and UNICEF in post-genocide Rwanda.

Interactions between state, international, transnational, and intra-state law involve overlapping, and sometimes conflicting, claims to legitimate authority.

A comprehensive and original analysis of all major WTO provisions relating to the transit of pipeline gas.

Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organisation, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and illegal immigrants around the world.

Over the last two decades, the "e;new international order"e; of 1919 has grown into an expansive new area of research across multiple disciplines.

This concise book is an introduction to the role of international law in international relations.