Public international law: treaties and other sources

The post–Cold War order established by the United States is at a crossroads: no longer is the liberal order and U.

This Commentary provides an article-by-article summary of the TEU, the TFEU, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, offering a quick reference to the provisions of the Treaties and how they are interpreted and applied in practice.

Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in the scale and importance of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESC rights), culminating in the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in December 2008.

Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in the scale and importance of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESC rights), culminating in the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in December 2008.

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.

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

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 critically engages the shortcomings of the field of international heritage law, seen through the lenses of the five major UNESCO treaties for the safeguarding of different types of heritage.

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

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

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 sustained treatment of the politico-legal context and content of a proposed business and human rights treaty.

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

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Article-by-article commentary on the Third Geneva Convention based on latest practice, case law, academic commentary and ICRC experience.

America First is America AloneForeign policy is like physics: vacuums quickly fill.

This book provides a serious and timely perspective on the relationship between two important and dynamic fields of international law.

How should international treaties be interpreted over time?

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.

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

In 1725-6 the British colonial government of Nova Scotia signed a treaty of friendship and peace with the local Mi'kmaq people.

This Commentary offers detailed background and analysis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the UN Headquarters in New York in July 2017.

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.

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.

Following the launch of Sputnik, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization became a prominent sponsor of scientific research in its member countries, a role it retained until the end of the Cold War.

The essays which appear in this work are based on the papers presented at a two-day conference held in Liverpool in July 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome establishing the EEC.

How did Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic become the newest members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

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 book compares historical and modern natural law ideas across global Christian traditions and explores their use in church law.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive study of the legal concept of equity as it operates in contemporary international law.

Mexico y Espana afrontan a comienzos de 2016 retos importantes.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication that 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 volume analyses key theoretical, institutional and legal aspects of intergenerational equity and justice in multi-level sustainable development treaty implementation.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication that 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.

The rise of international terrorism in today's globalized world has focused attention on the degree to which international law should shape U.

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

The increasing importance of international investment has been accompanied by the rapid development of a new field of international law that defines the obligations of host states towards foreign investors and creates procedures for resolving disputes in connection with those obligations.

The United Nations is a vital part of the international order.

In the last fifteen years, the number, size, and scope of peacekeeping missions deployed in the aftermath of civil wars have increased exponentially.

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

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.

Africa often remains neglected in studies that discuss the historical relationship between international law and imperialism during the nineteenth century.

The four Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, remain the fundamental basis of contemporary international humanitarian law.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law.

This book focuses on how public and private international law address civil liability for transboundary pollution.

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

Under the relevant rules of international law, treaties are interpreted in accordance with the ordinary meaning of the language they use, their object and purpose, and the intention of the drafters, but also in light of the subsequent practice of its parties.

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