Problems and Process

Rosalyn Higgins QC is also author of UN Peacekeeping 1946-1967: Documents and Commentary (OUP, vols 3 & 4 still in print, 1981)

Authoritative ... well-argued ... a useful complementary book for students.

• Introduction ; 1. The nature and function of international law ; 2. Sources of international law: Provenance and problems ; 3. Participants in the international legal system ; 4. Allocating competence: Jurisdiction ; 5. Exceptions to jurisdictional competence: Immunities from suit and enforcement ; 6. Responding to individual needs: Human rights ; 7. Self determination ; 8. Natural resources and international norms ; 9. Accountability and liability: The law of state responsibility ; 10. The United Nations ; 11. Dispute settlement and the International Court of Justice ; 12. The role of national courts in the international legal process ; 13. Oiling the wheels of international law: Equity and proportionality ; 14. The individual use of force in international law ; 15. The use of force by the United Nations