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Print Price: $60.50

Format:
Paperback
984 pp.
171 mm x 246 mm

ISBN-13:
9780198791836

Publication date:
July 2018

Imprint: OUP UK


International Law

Fifth Edition

Edited by Malcolm Evans

Evans' International Law is widely celebrated as an outstanding collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading scholars in the field. The fully updated fifth edition succeeds in explaining the principles of international law and exposing the debates and challenges that underlie it. Now fully revised and updated, it continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating overview of this increasingly important subject; revealing international law in its full diversity.

Online resources:
International Law is also accompanied by online resources, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners.

Readership : Undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in public international law. This is also suitable as a supplementary text for those following courses in politics and international relations and is a key source of reference for practitioners and academics in this area.

Part I. The History and Theory of International Law
1. Stephen C Neff: A short history of international law
2. Martti Koskenniemi: What is international law for?
3. Iain Scobbie: A view of Delft: thinking about international law
Part II. The Structure of International Legal Obligation
4. Anthea Roberts and Sandesh Sivakumaran: The sources of international law
5. Alan Boyle: Soft law in international law-making
6. Malgosia Fitzmaurice: The practical working of the law of treaties
Part III. The Subjects of the International Legal Order
7. Matthew Craven and Rose Parfitt: Statehood self-determination, and recognition
8. Dapo Akande: International organizations
9. Robert McCorquodale: The individual and the international legal system
Part IV. The Scope of Sovereignty
10. Christopher Staker: Jurisdiction
11. Philippa Webb: International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states
12. Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations
13. Eileen Denza: The relationship between international and national law
Part V. Responsibility
14. James Crawford and Simon Olleson: The nature and forms of international responsibility
15. Phoebe Okowa: Issues of admissibility and the law on international responsibility
16. Spencer Zifcak: Responsibility to protect
Part VI. Responding to Breaches of International Obligations
17. Nigel White and Ademola Abass: Countermeasures and sanctions
18. John Merrills: The means of dispute settlement
19. Hugh Thirlway: The international court of justice
20. Christine Gray: The use of force and the international legal order
Part VII. The Application of International Law
21. Malcolm Evans: The law of the sea
22. Catherine Redgwell: International environmental law
23. Surya Subedi: International investment law
24. Robert Cryer: International criminal law
25. Nigel Rodley: International human rights law
26. Geoff Gilbert and Anna Magdalena Rüsch: International refugee and migration law
27. David Turns: The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law)

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Special Features

  • A stellar line-up of authors, drawn from those actively involved in the teaching and practice of international law, offers authoritative and stimulating perspectives on the subject
  • Provides wide-ranging analysis of all of the key issues and themes in public international law to fully reflect its breadth and diversity
  • The entire volume has been carefully edited by Malcolm Evans to ensure a consistent approach throughout
  • Accompanied by online resources, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners
New to this Edition
  • New chapter on international refugee and migration law by Geoff Gilbert and Anna Magdalena Rüsch.