Public international law

This book presents a comprehensive and systematic study of the principal aspects of the modern law of international commercial transactions.

This book presents the welfare regime of societies of Chinese heritage as a liminal space where religious and state authorities compete with each other for legitimacy.

This book examines the role of local knowledge in promoting agricultural innovation and legislative support for agricultural innovation through intellectual property laws and the protection of farmers' rights.

The book focuses, through multiple levels of international reality, on the pervasive and widespread effect of the Syrian civil war on the unravelling of established norms---both global or national--- which have determined international relations during the last seven decades.

This book comprehensively examines various issues regarding the scope of Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) Clauses in International Investment Agreements (IIAs), and addresses the reform, interpretation, and enforcement of IIAs with a specific focus on the MFN clause.

This book analyzes China's attitude to international law based on historical experiences and documents, and provides an explanation of China's approaches to international legal issues.

This book discusses the need for national space legislation in India in the wake of private stakeholders entering the field and the expansion of outer space activities.

This book observes that an in-depth study exclusively focusing on health service trade not only strengthens the overall services trade capacity of the South Asian region, but also promotes global as well as regional trade.

This book provides an in-depth investigation of citizenship and nationalism in connection with the Rohingya community.

This book aims to enrich the thinking and discussion in relation to the importance that citizenship, immigration, rights and private laws play in the modern world.

This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia.

This book describes the Islamisation process that has unfolded in Malaysia over the last fifty years and provides feedback from in-depth interviews with 100 individuals from Malaysia's "e;educated classes"e;, or the "e;elite"e;, regarding their reactions to the changes that have accompanied Islamisation and how they feel it has impacted them.

This book explores the Chinese Catholic Church as a whole as well as focusing on particular aspects of its activities, including diplomacy, politics, leadership, pilgrimage, youths, and non-Chinese Catholics in China.

This book examines resolution of the disputes between both sides of Belt and Road economic cooperation.

The exponential growth of disruptive technology is changing our world.

The need for policy coherence between trade and health has never been greater, yet few public health workers are equipped to navigate this complex field.

This book argues that Political Islam in the Iranian context evolved into three main schools of thought during the 1960s and 1970s: Jurisprudential Islam led by Ayatollah Khomeini, Leftist Islam led by Shariati, and Liberal Islam led by Bazargan.

Two of the most important developments of this new century are the emergence of cloud computing and big data.

This is the first book that critically examines the reform of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in light of the current crisis resulting from the U.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the "e;nine-dash line"e;.

This book examines the concept of 'development' from alternative perspectives and analyzes how different approaches influence law.

This book examines resolution of the disputes between both sides of Belt and Road economic cooperation.

The exponential growth of disruptive technology is changing our world.

This edited book brings together a diverse range of chapters on space related topics.

This multidisciplinary book introduces readers to original perspectives on crimmigration that foster holistic, contextual, and critical appreciation of the concept in Australia and its individual consequences and broader effects.

This book explores a range of plausible futures for environmental law in the new era of the Earth's history: the Anthropocene.

Written by Chinese Jurist Mei Ju-ao, this significant book considers both the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, otherwise known as the Tokyo Trial, which was convened in 1946 to try political military leaders accused of involvement in war crimes.

This book explores the dilemmas posed by globalisation in various aspects of law.

This book examines the engagement between the United Nations' human rights machinery and the respective governments since Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) joined the United Nations.

The book examines the international treaty regimes and the Indian laws in depth.

The book makes a comprehensive analysis of the basic principles and theories of military law, restructuring the theoretic framework of military law.

The book discusses climate technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework, and China's relevant legislation and practices.

There is a broad consensus amongst law firms and in-house legal departments that next generation "e;Legal Tech"e; - particularly in the form of Blockchain-based technologies and Smart Contracts - will have a profound impact on the future operations of all legal service providers.

This book explores the legal implications of China's state-directed economic model for the existing international economic order.

This book focuses on the most serious social and economic challenges faced by China from a public international law perspective.

This book analyzes the interplay between development and the environment, focusing on how to forge social consensus and practices in the international community.

This book argues that the trade-distorting effects of advantages associated with SOEs are more severe from an economic perspective, and the behavior of SOEs after receiving advantages is of more concern, compared to private-owned enterprises (POEs).

Fully utilizing the latest archival material, this book provides a comprehensive, multi-dimensional and nuanced understanding of the Tokyo Tribunal by delving into the temporal aspects that extended the relevance and reverberations of the Tribunal beyond its end in 1948.

This book addresses the forms of legal protection extended to people displaced due to the consequences of climate change, and who have either become refugees by crossing international borders or are climatically displaced persons (CDPs) in their own homelands.

This book brings together international perspectives on free trade issues that affect civil society from the general populace to the governments of nations, and is relevant not only for lawyers, but also policymakers, international actors and businesses, as well as those with a general interest in free trade agreements.

This book traces the expansion of Islamisation within a modern and plural state such as Malaysia.

Artificial intelligence and related technologies are changing both the law and the legal profession.

This book comprises chapters by leading international authors analysing the interface between intellectual property and foreign direct investment, development, and free trade.

This book examines the role of Hindu-inspired faith movements (HIFMs) in contemporary India as actors in social transformation.

This book critically examines the possible dilution of the neutrality principle of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in internal armed conflicts.

This collection considers the future of climate innovation after the Paris Agreement.

This book presents comprehensive information on a range of issues in connection with the Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) standard, with a particular focus on arbitral awards against host developing countries, thereby contributing to the available literature in this area of international investment law.

This book analyzes how today's system of international trade law and international economic relations has evolved over the last six decades.

This book examines the current status of environmental human rights at the international, regional, and national levels and provides a critical analysis of possible future developments in this area, particularly in the context of a changing climate.

This book provides one of the most comprehensive and compelling analysis of Non-Market Economies (NMEs) and their treatment under the current world trading system.