Public international law: treaties and other sources

The Council of Europe, of which all European States are members, plays a pivotal role in the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.

From Israel's establishment as a state to the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, this work analyzes the role of third-party mediators of the Arab-Israeli dispute.

Nations have powerful reasons to get their military alliances right.

This second edition identifies the problems of interpreting WTO agreements, addressing the legislative developments and updating the case law.

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

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

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

This book deals with the nature of international organisations and the tension between their legal nature and the system of classic, state-based international law.

Essential for students and scholars in politics and law, Pelc provides a comprehensive account of the politics of treaty flexibility.

The link between health and human rights has been recognised for many years, but the increasing visibility of the right to health in international law has been a distinct feature of the last decade.

Reevaluation of the origins of international law, examining ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East.

In these two important lectures, distinguished political philosopher Seyla Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice -- norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are in conflict with democratic ideals.

On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.

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

The doctrine of state immunity bars a national court from adjudicating or enforcing claims against foreign states.

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 First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

The link between health and human rights has been recognised for many years, but the increasing visibility of the right to health in international law has been a distinct feature of the last decade.

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.

On 25 May 1993 the United Nations Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step of deciding to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a mechanism for the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security.

A provocative contribution to the climate justice debateClimate change and justice are so closely associated that many people take it for granted that a global climate treaty should-indeed, must-directly address both issues together.

This comprehensive guide covers all aspects of extradition to and from the United States, while making critical, theoretical, and practical evaluations of these aspects, and proposing alternatives.

This is a short book about the biggest questions in politics.

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

Gibraltar es la Ciudad perdida del Reino, cuya recuperación forma parte del imaginario simbólico de la identidad española.

Navigating the complex world of international relations has always been, and continues to be, an important part of being an intelligent world citizen.

Die Europäische Union ist mit ihren 27 Mitgliedsstaaten einer der größten Staatenverbunde der Welt.

Este libro desarrolla una descripción profunda y exhaustiva de las nuevas potencias emergentes del Sur, India, Brasil y Sudáfrica que han constituido una iniciativa tripartita (IBSA) aspirando a influir en la política internacional mancomunando recursos, compartiendo intereses y consensuando políticas.

Esta obra examina, en estos nuevos instrumentos, las principales materias objeto de armonización, no solo desde el avance del Derecho comparado, sino además desde la realidad colombiana, que, como señala Patricia Orejudo, Colombia es deficitaria de un sistema completo y coherente de normas de DIPr, muy a pesar de la reciente vigencia del Código General del Proceso y la Ley 1564 de 2012 que lo modifica, pero no lo mejora.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes.

Actualmente el proceso de integración del MERCOSUR experimenta una situación de parálisis que pone en riesgo su futuro debido a un conjunto de factores, entre ellos, la escasa aplicación efectiva del derecho común, derecho obligatorio para los Estados parte pero dependiente en la práctica de las voluntades unilaterales de cada uno de estos, quienes pueden bloquear tanto para sí mismos como para los demás Estados la aplicación y la efectividad del derecho común.

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive - John Stuart Mill - It is so much the established practice of writers on logic to commence their treatises by a few general observations (in most cases, it is true, rather meagre) on Terms and their varieties, that it will, perhaps, scarcely be required from me in merely following the common usage, to be as particular in assigning my reasons, as it is usually expected that those should be who deviate from it.

No Name Wilkie Collins - Magdalen and her sister Norah, beloved daughters of Mr and Mrs Vanstone, find themselves the victims of a catastrophic oversight.

'War is a man's game,' or so goes the saying.

The prohibition of torture - the right to physical and mental integrity - is guaranteed in the strongest terms under international law.

'War is a man's game,' or so goes the saying.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes.

Brexit will have significant consequences for the country, for Europe, and for global order.

The author is a Don at the School of Law, University of Nairobi Kenya and a development consultant with various NGOs and other international bodies in Eastern Africa region and Italy.

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights.

The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights.

'Complexity of Transboundary Water Conflicts' seeks to understand transboundary water governance as complex systems with contingent conditions and possibilities.