Public international law: treaties and other sources

In this book, Eldar Haber describes how copyright has become over-criminalized.

The vast majority of all international judicial decisions have been issued since 1990.

A provocative reassessment of the rule of law in world politicsConventionally understood as a set of limits on state behavior, the "e;rule of law"e; in world politics is widely assumed to serve as a progressive contribution to a just, stable, and predictable world.

Many international obligations are subject to exceptions.

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

The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies entered into force more than 60 years ago.

The UK's new Human Rights Act with its duty to give domestic effect to the European Convention on Human Rights and the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg court will have a significant effect on many aspects of the criminal and regulatory process.

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

This book is intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

Investment arbitration has become the primary means of settling disputes between states and foreign investors.

Provides broad and deep insight in the core concepts and principles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

For Moldova, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance.

Becoming Enemies brings the unique methods of critical oral history, developed to study flashpoints from the Cold War such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, to understand U.

This book explains the rules for interpretation of treaties and gives examples of their application in national and international jurisdictions.

The 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has proven the most complicated and controversial of all arms control treaties, both in principle and in practice.

Since the September 11 attacks on the United States, the Bush administration has come under fire for its methods of combating terrorism.

This book addresses the crucial - but oddly neglected - question of what it means to say climate change is political.

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.

This book examines whether international agreements between non-state actors can be identified as a source of international law using objective criteria.

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 signing of the Association Agreement and DCFTA between Georgia and the European Union in 2014 was a strategic political act to deepen the realisation of Georgia's ';European choice'.

Soft law increasingly shapes and impacts the content of international law in multiple ways, from being a first step in a norm-making process to providing detailed rules and technical standards required for the interpretation and the implementation of treaties.

Violations of religious freedom and violence committed in the name of religion grab our attention on a daily basis.

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.

The thawing Antarctic continent offers living space and marine and mineral resources that were previously inaccessible.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the use of peace agreements from a legal perspective.

The Lisbon Treaty reformed the foundations of the European Union and marked the culmination of a process of Treaty reform that began after the Treaty of Nice and spanned almost a decade.

Examines how the concept of ''obligations to the whole international community'' influences international law.

The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law.

A Brookings Institution Press and Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (SSPA) publicationAs the European Union tries to increase both its visibility and its impact on the world stage, it cannot overlook the fact that until now enlargement has formed its most successful foreign policy.

State immunity, the idea that a state, including its individual organs, officials and other emanations, may not be proceeded against in the courts of another state in certain instances, has long been and remains a source of international controversy.

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

The United Nations Convention against Corruption includes 71 articles, and takes a notably comprehensive approach to the problem of corruption, as it addresses prevention, criminalization, international cooperation, and asset recovery.

An in-depth, impartial and informed description of the Lisbon Treaty''s legal features, in their historical and political context.

The international community has long grappled with the issue of safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable development, often with little result.

The 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has proven the most complicated and controversial of all arms control treaties, both in principle and in practice.

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

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

This book addresses the crucial - but oddly neglected - question of what it means to say climate change is political.

The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies entered into force more than 60 years ago.

This book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations.

Since the enactment of the 1996 Brazilian Arbitration Law, Brazil has become one of the fastest growing arbitration markets in the world; currently ranking third in the top-ten list of countries with most parties involved in ICC Arbitrations.

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?

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

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.

In this book, leading experts consider the future role of customary international law in addressing global problems.

International law's rich existence in the world can be illuminated by its objects.

The TRIPS Agreement is the most comprehensive and influential international treaty on intellectual property rights.