Public international law: treaties and other sources

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

International legal positivism has been crucial to the development of international law since the nineteenth century.

International legal positivism has been crucial to the development of international law since the nineteenth century.

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.

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.

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.

This book revisits the theory of the sources of international law from the perspective of formalism.

This book revisits the theory of the sources of international law from the perspective of formalism.

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 is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship.

This is the first text to address all the instruments that will govern choice-of-court agreements in Europe and to engage in a practical discussion of their mutual relationship.

Does a right to property exist under international law?

Does a right to property exist under international law?

While treaties can be notoriously difficult to amend by formal means, they must nevertheless be adapted over time in order to remain useful.

While treaties can be notoriously difficult to amend by formal means, they must nevertheless be adapted over time in order to remain useful.

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.

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.

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 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 book offers comprehensive coverage and analysis of the relationship between the three instruments governing civil jurisdiction and judgments in Europe; the Brussels Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Choice of Court Convention.

This book offers comprehensive coverage and analysis of the relationship between the three instruments governing civil jurisdiction and judgments in Europe; the Brussels Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Choice of Court Convention.

The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first complete article-by-article commentary on the ECHR and its Protocols in English.

The European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first complete article-by-article commentary on the ECHR and its Protocols in English.

The question of the sources of international law inevitably raises some well-known scholarly controversies: where do the rules of international law come from?

The question of the sources of international law inevitably raises some well-known scholarly controversies: where do the rules of international law come from?

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

The law of neutrality - the corpus of legal rules regulating the relationship between belligerents and States taking no part in hostilities - assumed its modern form in a world in which the waging of war was unconstrained.

The law of neutrality - the corpus of legal rules regulating the relationship between belligerents and States taking no part in hostilities - assumed its modern form in a world in which the waging of war was unconstrained.

First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and authoritative text.

First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and authoritative text.

International investment law is in transition.

International investment law is in transition.

Since the end of the Cold War, states have become increasingly engaged in the suppression of transnational organised crime.

Since the end of the Cold War, states have become increasingly engaged in the suppression of transnational organised crime.

International lawyers have long recognised the importance of interpretation to their academic discipline and professional practice.

International lawyers have long recognised the importance of interpretation to their academic discipline and professional practice.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions.

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

This is the first comprehensive study of corruption in international investment arbitration.

This is the first comprehensive study of corruption in international investment arbitration.

If an old treaty regulating 'commerce' or forbidding 'degrading treatment of persons' is to be interpreted decades after its conclusion, does 'commerce' or 'degrading treatment of persons' have the same meaning at the time of interpretation as they had when the treaty was concluded?

If an old treaty regulating 'commerce' or forbidding 'degrading treatment of persons' is to be interpreted decades after its conclusion, does 'commerce' or 'degrading treatment of persons' have the same meaning at the time of interpretation as they had when the treaty was concluded?

Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans and seas for most of human history.

Human activities have taken place in the world's oceans and seas for most of human history.

Over the past 10 years, the content and application of international trade law has grown dramatically.