Product Overview
The ideal companion to any International Law casebook, or to casebooks on International Human Rights Law, International Business Transactions, or International Environmental Law.
The Fifth Edition offers:
- a clear and accessible writing style
- broad coverage of public international issues, complemented by some discussion of salient Constitutional Law and International Business Law topics
- a logical organization that poses three broad questions:
- What are the international legal rules?
- What is the international legal process?
- What role does international law play in international relations?
- an authoritative resource in a comprehensible context
Thoroughly updated to reflect current International Law, the Fifth Edition covers:
- the Sosa Case on The Alien Tort Statute, cases on the Geneva Conventions and other U.S. Supreme Court cases deciding on issues of international import
- the rapidly expanding jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and other new developments in International Human Rights Law
- the Preemptive-War Doctrine and new problems and prospects in the law of war
- the Precautionary Principle in International Environmental Law
International Law, Fifth Edition, continues to live up to its excellent reputation as a clear, accurate, and timely overview of International Law.
