Public international law: treaties and other sources

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.

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.

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

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 provides a user-friendly and practical guide to the modern law of maritime boundary delimitation.

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

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 volume describes the origins, major parties concerned with, political complications in the Americas and Europe of, and negotiations that led to the resolution of the San Juan Water Boundary dispute.

Explores which laws and actors govern the negotiation, interpretation and implementation of peace agreements to settle intra-state conflicts.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law.

Increasingly today nation-states are entering into agreements that involve the sharing or surrendering of parts of their sovereign powers and often leave the cession of authority incomplete or vague.

This is the long-awaited second edition of this widely-referenced work on the substantive law principles of investment treaty arbitration.

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

Challenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them, this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting point of legal authority.

Reaching past the secrecy so often met in arbitration, the second edition of this commentary explains clearly and fully the workings of the UNCITRAL Rules of Arbitral Procedure recommended for use in 1976 by the United Nations.

Explains what bilateral tax treaties are and what they share with the UN and OECD Model Conventions.

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

Investigates the struggle between governments, parliaments, the people and courts over who participates in EU treaty making.

International civil aviation is a significant polluter of the atmosphere.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most extensive and widely ratified international human rights treaty.

Signed on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I.

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

This book asks what are the roles of human rights and democracy in determining the states'' ability to participate in international organisations?

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'.

A unique analysis of ASEAN''s method of concluding external trade agreements with non-ASEAN states, with clear alternatives for the future.

An innovative volume of essays contrasting conceptual and contextual approaches to the modern law of treaties.

With a mix of both respectable and immoral advice, The Prince is a frank analysis on political power.

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.

Large-scale population transfers are immensely disruptive.

Does a right to property exist under international law?

Customary international law is a widely-recognised modality of international lawmaking.

The enhanced cooperation mechanism allows at least nine Member States to introduce secondary EU law which is only binding among these Member States.

The first in-depth account of the historic diplomatic agreement that served as a blueprint for ending the Cold WarThe Helsinki Final Act was a watershed of the Cold War.

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

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the EU and the US (TTIP), and the plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) between the EU and 22 other States have sparked a great deal of academic and public interest.

In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of investors seeking compensation from states perceived to have expropriated their projects.

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 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.

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.

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 signing of the Association Agreement and DCFTA between Ukraine and the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic, geopolitical significance in the history of Ukraine and Europe itself.

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

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.

International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider's view of the elites who govern our lives.

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

This Oxford Handbook ambitiously seeks to lay the groundwork for the relatively new field of comparative foreign relations law.

This book queries, through the prism of the Convention for the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (the Convention), the ways in which the processes and substance of international law-making have shifted in response to new technologies and new actors.

Sayle's book is a remarkably well-documented history of the NATO alliance.

International investment law is in transition.