International law / 6th ed.

Table Of Contents:

Preface xv

Chapter 1 The Nature of International Law 1(8)

A The History of International Law 1(3)

B The Rules of International Law 4(2)

C The Process of International Law 6(3)

Chapter 2 Treaties 9(34)

A Treaties as International Law 9(7)

B The Law of Treaties 16(27)

1 The Making of Treaties 18(9)

2 The Effect of Treaties 27(7)

3 The Amendment, Invalidity, and Termination of Treaties 34(9)

Chapter 3 Custom and Other Sources of International Law 43(44)

A Customary International Law 43(14)

1 Custom as International Law 43(3)

2 The Art of Customary International Law 46(4)

3 The Evidences of International Law 50(2)

4 The Resolutions and Recommendations of International Organizations 52(3)

5 "Soft Law" 55(1)

6 The Inelegance of Customary International Law 56(1)

B Nonconsensual Sources of International Law 57(12)

1 General Principles of Law 58(4)

2 Natural Law 62(3)

3 Jus Cogens 65(4)

C Equity and International Law 69(14)

1 Equity as a Form of Judicial Discretion 70(8)

2 Equity as a Form of Distributive Justice 78(5)

D The Role of Judges and Publicists 83(4)

Chapter 4 International Law and Municipal Law 87(32)

A Dualism and Monism 87(1)

B Treaties in Municipal Law 88(17)

1 Treaties in U.S. Law 89(11)

2 Treaties in the Law of Some Other States 100(5)

C Customary International Law in Municipal Law 105(7)

1 The Law of Nations as Common Law 105(6)

2 Constitutions and General International Law 111(1)

D Foreign Relations Law 112(4)

E International Law and the Interpretation of U.S. Law 116(3)

Chapter 5 The International Court 119(48)

A Public International Arbitration 119(9)

B The Foundations of the International Court 128(4)

C The Roles of the International Court 132(25)

1 The Record of the International Court 132(2)

2 The International Court as Arbiter 134(3)

3 The Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court 137(14)

4 The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court 151(4)

5 The International Court and the Development of International Law 155(2)

D The Reform of the International Court 157(7)

1 Preliminary Rulings 157(3)

2 Chambers 160(4)

E The Proliferation of International Courts 164(3)

Chapter 6 States and International Law 167(42)

A Sovereignty and International Law 167(11)

1 Hobbes and the Sovereign State 169(2)

2 Grotius and the Law of War and Peace 171(7)

B Law and War 178(16)

1 The Development of the Laws of War 178(3)

2 Great Wars and Futile Laws 181(3)

3 Arms Control and Disarmament 184(6)

4 International Humanitarian Law 190(4)

C The State and International Relations 194(15)

1 States as Subjects of International Law 194(2)

2 The Rights and Duties of States 196(2)

3 Self-Defense, Intervention, and Preemptive War 198(3)

4 The Territory of States 201(2)

5 The Recognition and Succession of States and Governments 203(4)

6 Non-State Actors 207(2)

Chapter 7 International Organizations and Regimes 209(42)

A International Organizations 209(16)

1 International Organizations as Subjects of International Law 209(4)

2 The League of Nations 213(5)

3 The United Nations 218(7)

B International Regimes 225(26)

1 The Law of the Sea 226(12)

2 Air Law, Space Law, Antarctica, and the Arctic 238(5)

3 International Environmental Law 243(8)

Chapter 8 Individuals and International Law 251(48)

A Individuals as Objects and Subjects of International Law 251(14)

1 The Positivist Transformation of the Law of Nations 251(8)

2 State Protection of and Responsibility for Individuals 259(6)

B International Human Rights Law 265(34)

1 Human Rights and Natural Law 265(3)

2 The Nuremberg Trial and Universal Human Rights Law 268(5)

3 European Human Rights Law 273(14)

4 Inter-American Human Rights Law 287(7)

5 The International Criminal Courts 294(5)

Chapter 9 International Law and the International Economy 299(32)

A The Transnational Law of Trade and Commerce 299(10)

1 International Commercial Law 300(5)

2 International Trade Law 305(4)

B European Union Law 309(12)

1 The European Union 310(3)

2 The European Court of Justice 313(7)

3 European Union Law as International Law 320(1)

C International Commercial Arbitration 321(10)

1 The Character of International Commercial Arbitration 321(2)

2 International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration 323(3)

3 Other International Arbitral Centers 326(5)

Chapter 10 International Conflict of Laws 331(46)

A Principles of Jurisdiction 332(7)

1 The Territorial Principle 332(2)

2 The Nationality Principle 334(1)

3 The Effects Principle 335(3)

4 Other Principles of Jurisdiction 338(1)

B Judicial Conflicts and Cooperation 339(21)

1 Comity, Constitutional Limits, and Forum Non Conveniens 340(9)

2 International Legal Limits to State Jurisdiction 349(3)

3 Foreign Judgments and Awards 352(4)

4 Judicial Assistance and Extradition 356(4)

C Immunities to Jurisdiction 360(17)

1 Foreign Sovereign Immunity 360(7)

2 The Act of State Doctrine 367(8)

3 Diplomatic and Consular Immunities 375(2)
Table of Municipal Constitutions and Statutes 377(2)
Table of Treaties 379(4)
Table of Cases 383(4)
Index 387