Public international law: treaties and other sources

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of treaties practice in American law from the 1980s to the present.

This book outlines the principles behind the international law of foreign investment.

On September 5, 2009, the commanding officer of NATO's German troops in Afghanistan ordered a U.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Over twenty years after the 1989 UN General Assembly vote to open the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for signature and ratification by UN member states, the United States remains one of only two UN members not to have ratified it.

Discusses key issues under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that affect the further design of national and international law on biosafety.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

A close look at the evolution of American political alliances in Asia and their futureWhile the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region's security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations.

This book identifies a paradigm shift in international investment law and enquires into how states reassert control over investment treaties.

The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981, is the only universal human rights instrument specifically focusing on religious intolerance and discrimination.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is the centrepiece of international efforts to address racial discrimination, defined in broad terms to include discrimination based on skin colour, descent, ethnic, and national origin.

A third edition textbook providing a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner.

Robert Jervis has been a pioneering leader in the study of the psychology of international politics for more than four decades.

The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) had many opponents when, in 1995, it came up for extension.

Jan Klabbers examines how membership of the European Union affect treaties concluded between the member and non-member states.

Many international norms that have emerged in recent years are not set out in formal treaties.

Along with treaties, custom is one of the sources of international law.

This series features works on substantial topics in international law which provide authoritative statements of the chosen areas.

The third edition of this acclaimed textbook on peace-making after the First World War advances that the responsibility for the outbreak of a new, even more ruinous, war in 1939 cannot be ascribed entirely to the planet's most powerful men and their meeting in Paris in January 1919 to reassemble a shattered world.

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

This revised edition of The History of ICSID details the history and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its constituent treaty, the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

Governments are rightly discussing reform of investment treaties, and of the incredibly powerful system of 'investor-state dispute settlement' (ISDS) upon which they rest.

This study examines the genesis, development, and proliferation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

Failings of the International Court of Justice critically examines the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.

Examines the philosophical foundation of legitimate expectations to create a normative framework for use in investment treaty arbitration

The persistent objector rule is said to provide states with an 'escape hatch' from the otherwise universal binding force of customary international law.

This book offers a systematic study of the interpretation of investment-related treaties primarily bilateral investment treaties, the Energy Charter Treaty, Chapter XI NAFTA as well as relevant parts of Free Trade Agreements.

This concise updated collection of essential EU primary and secondary law effectively guides students to the material they need during exams.

The Brussels I Regulation has undergone a lengthy review process, resulting in Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast).

Using contemporary case studies, this book offers a novel legal perspective on the protection of cultural heritage during war.

Why do some attempts to conclude alliance treaties end in failure?

This book identifies a paradigm shift in international investment law and enquires into how states reassert control over investment treaties.

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.

Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making.

An examination of the scope of States'' right of self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter in the post-9/11 security environment.

This book focuses on Anglo-American disputes arising out of the civil war in the United States and British interests in the American continent: the Geneva Arbitration, the Venezuela-Guiana Arbitration and the Bhering Sea Arbitration.

How can strategic treaty management complement legal compliance mechanisms to drive more effective and responsive treaties within global governance networks?

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

The Oxford Handbook of International Legal Theory provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the major thinkers, concepts, approaches, and debates that have shaped contemporary international legal theory.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade.

Economic, social and cultural rights are finally coming of age.

Nations have powerful reasons to get their military alliances right.

This book explores the large and controversial subject of the use of force in international law.

Patrick Dumberry provides a comprehensive analysis of the rules of customary international law in the field of international investment law.

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.

How should international treaties be interpreted over time?

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

This volume, covering twenty-five populist parties in seventeen European states, presents the first comparative study of the impact of the Great Recession on populism.