Public international law

For more than two centuries the idea of the nation-state has been widespread.

Questions as to when a state owes obligations under a human rights treaty towards an individual located outside its territory are being brought more and more frequently before both international and domestic courts.

Questions as to when a state owes obligations under a human rights treaty towards an individual located outside its territory are being brought more and more frequently before both international and domestic courts.

Does a right to property exist under international law?

Does a right to property exist under international law?

Monetary sovereignty is a crucial legal concept dictating that states have sovereignty over their own monetary, financial, and fiscal affairs.

Monetary sovereignty is a crucial legal concept dictating that states have sovereignty over their own monetary, financial, and fiscal affairs.

This is a guide to and commentary on the new procedural rules for arbitration adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in December 2012.

This is a guide to and commentary on the new procedural rules for arbitration adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in December 2012.

Since the 9/11 attacks, international organizations have become actively engaged in devising counterterrorism strategies and frameworks.

Since the 9/11 attacks, international organizations have become actively engaged in devising counterterrorism strategies and frameworks.

The European system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival.

The European system of human rights protection faces institutional and political pressures which threaten its very survival.

Traditionally the issues concerning the exercise of administrative powers by public authorities were considered a type of national enclave.

Traditionally the issues concerning the exercise of administrative powers by public authorities were considered a type of national enclave.

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.

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.

Although domestic law plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, this issue is little discussed or analysed.

Although domestic law plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, this issue is little discussed or analysed.

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This volume brings together articles on the law of armed conflict and the use of force from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the definitive reference work on international law.

This volume brings together articles on the law of armed conflict and the use of force from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the definitive reference work on international law.

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 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.

Nation states have long and successfully claimed to be the proper and sovereign forum for determining a country's international economic policies.

Nation states have long and successfully claimed to be the proper and sovereign forum for determining a country's international economic policies.

While many have explored the law governing the rights of indigenous peoples through an examination of relevant instruments and institutions, this book demonstrates that international indigenous rights can be best understood through the study of two questions: What is meant by 'peoples' and 'equality' under international law?

While many have explored the law governing the rights of indigenous peoples through an examination of relevant instruments and institutions, this book demonstrates that international indigenous rights can be best understood through the study of two questions: What is meant by 'peoples' and 'equality' under international law?

For many centuries, thinkers have tried to understand and to conceptualize political and legal order beyond the boundaries of sovereign territories.

For many centuries, thinkers have tried to understand and to conceptualize political and legal order beyond the boundaries of sovereign territories.

A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them.

A new phase is emerging in the relationship between energy and resource activities and the communities that are affected by them.

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2014, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2014, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions.

Drawing on philosophy, history, and critical theory, Unconditional Life introduces a new perspective on the significance of post-war international law developments.

Drawing on philosophy, history, and critical theory, Unconditional Life introduces a new perspective on the significance of post-war international law developments.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the law and procedure of the European Court of Human Rights.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the law and procedure of the European Court of Human Rights.

Fully revised and updated from the successful first edition, this title analyses the practice of international courts and tribunals with regard to the valuation of investment claims against states, paying specific attention to the question of interest.

The fully revised and updated Third Edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the law governing international and domestic remedies for human rights violations.

The fully revised and updated Third Edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the law governing international and domestic remedies for human rights violations.

Poverty, inequality, and dispossession accompany economic globalization.

Poverty, inequality, and dispossession accompany economic globalization.

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) is the international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) is the international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Fully revised and updated from the successful first edition, this title analyses the practice of international courts and tribunals with regard to the valuation of investment claims against states, paying specific attention to the question of interest.

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 European Convention on Human Rights: A Commentary is the first complete article-by-article commentary on the ECHR and its Protocols in English.

Marrying legal doctrine from five pioneering and conversant jurisdictions with contemporary political philosophy, this book provides a general theory of discrimination law.