| Description |
xiv, 642 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Sanford R. Silverburg -- Prosecuting crimes against humanity : the revolution in international criminal law / Dave O. Benjamin -- The responsibility to protect and the north-south divide / Ramesh Thakur -- Responsibility to protect : new perspectives to an old dilemma / Giulherme M. Dias -- Universal jurisdiction as an international "false conflict" of laws / Anthony J. Colangelo -- Non-state actors, international law, and human rights / Elena Pariotti -- Disparate notions of fairness : comparative insider trading regulation in an evolving global landscape / Joan MacLeod Heminway -- China's first loss / Raj Bhala -- Corporations and international law / Emeka Duruigbo -- Reaching beyond the state : judicial independence, the inter-American court of human rights, and accountability in Guatemala / Jeffrey Davis and Edward H. Warner -- The upsurge in international courts after the establishment of the ICJ / Igor Borba -- Modern international humanitarian law / Stefan Kirchner -- Peace unkempt : how ambiguities in public international law and international humanitarian law contributed to the failed un intervention in Somalia / Bjorn Sorenson -- Space settlements, property rights, and international law : could a lunar settlement claim the lunar real estate it needs to survive? / Alan Wasser and Douglas Jobes -- A contemporary review of the air space and outer space regimes : the thin lines between law, policy and emergent challenges / Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto and Steven Freeland -- The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the European Union, and the rule of law : what is going on in the Adriatic Sea? / Davor Vidas -- Power politics or orderly development? Why are states "claiming" large areas of the arctic seabed? / Timo Koivurova -- The law of the sea and human rights / Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy -- Moral knowledge's potential for reducing the restraint of law : the risk of moral education / Catherine Lotrionte -- Babysitting terrorists : should states be strictly liable for failing to prevent transborder attacks? / Vincent-Joel Proulx -- Force qua terrorism : international law in the wake of 9/11 / Anna Oehmichen -- Exceptional engagement : Protocol I and a World United against Terrorism / Michael A. Newton -- Terrorism as postcolonialism / Thomas R. O'Connor -- The flawed foundations of postcolonial state borders : uti possidetis and self-determination / Andrew A. Rosen -- Modernity and international law : mythological materialism in the east-west telos / Prabhakar Singh -- The postcoloniality of international law / Sundhya Pahuja -- The evolution of core legal principles / Jeffrey S. Morton -- International law and politics / James Larry Taulbee -- Law versus justice in international negotiations : the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-resolution (management) process / Sanford R. Silverburg |
| Summary |
Featuring contributions from well-established scholars and emerging stars in law and politics, International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments provides students with a succinct and timely overview of key issues in the field. The authors range from political science and law school instructors to professional researchers and lawyers in private practice, and they offer diverse, multinational perspectives on traditional and emergent issues in the practice and study of international law. -- |
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Topics include Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and universal jurisdiction, nonterritorial subjects of international law, international political economics (IPE), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), international humanitarian law (IHL), the environment, political violence and terrorism, and post-colonialism. A concluding section on international political interaction covers a wide range of issues that link international politics to international law. Presenting the most inclusive and contemporary body of material available, this is an essential resource for courses on politics and international law. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-629) and index |
| Notes |
Electronic version is available via MyiLibrary |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
International law.
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| Author |
Silverburg, Sanford R.
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| LC no. |
2010045667 |
| ISBN |
9780813344713 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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