TY - BOOK AU - Malcolm David Evans (ed.) TI - International Law SN - 9780199654673 U1 - 341 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press N1 - A short history of international law / Stephen C Neff -- What is international law for? / Martti Koskenniemi -- A view of delft : some thoughts about thinking about international law / Iain Scobbie -- The sources of international law / Hugh Thirlway -- Soft law in international law-making / Alan Boyle -- International law and 'relative normativity' / Dinah Shelton -- The practical working of the law of treaties / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Statehood, self-determination, and recognition / Matthew Craven -- International organizations / Dapo Akande -- The individual and the international legal system / Robert McCorquodale -- Jurisdiction / Vaughan Lowe and Christopher Staker -- International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states / Hazel Fox -- Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations / Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- The relationship between international and national law / Eileen Denza -- The character and forms of international responsibility / James Crawford and Simon Olleson -- Issues of admissibility and the law of international responsibility / Phoebe Okowa -- The responsibility to protect / Spencer Zifcak -- Countermeasures and sanctions / Nigel White and Ademola Abass -- The means of dispute settlement / John Merrills -- The international court of justice / Hugh Thirlway -- The use of force and the international legal order / Christine Gray -- The law of the sea / Malcolm D Evans -- International environmental law / Catherine Redgwell -- International investment / Surya P Subedi -- International criminal law / Robert Cryer -- International human rights law / Sir Nigel Rodley -- The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) / David Turns N2 - New chapters on "International Human Rights Law" by Sir Nigel Rodley and "International Investment Law" ny Surya Subedi. Key new materials and cases now covered include: ILC articles on the responsibility of international organisations ; ICJ decisionin Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy), Questions relating to the obligation to prosecture or extradite (Belgium v Senegal), and territorial and maritime dispute (Nicaragua v Colombia) ; ICC judgments in Prosecutor v Lubanga and Prosecutor v Ngujolo Chui ; ECHR judgments in Al-Skei i and others v the United Kingdom, Al-Jedda v Th United Kingdom, Hirsi Jamaa v Italy, and Nada v Switzerland ; Domestic court judgments including Democratic Republic of Congo and Others v Fg Hemisphhere Associates LLC ER -