Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law.

The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers.

• I. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ; II. HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SOURCES ; III. STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES ; IV. NORMATIVE EVOLUTION ; V. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS ; VI. HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW ; VII. ASSESSMENTS

Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law.

The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers.

• I. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ; II. HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SOURCES ; III. STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES ; IV. NORMATIVE EVOLUTION ; V. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS ; VI. HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW ; VII. ASSESSMENTS

Professor Dinah Shelton was the inaugural holder of the Manatt/Ahn Professorship in International Law at the George Washington University Law School, where she has taught since 2004. She previously taught international law and was director of the doctoral program in international human rights law at the University of Notre Dame Law School (1996-2004). She has also lectured at universities throughout the world. Professor Shelton is the author of three prize-winning books, Protecting Human Rights in the Americas (co-authored with Thomas Buergenthal), Remedies in International Human Rights Law, and the three-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity. She has also authored many other articles and books on international law, human rights law, and international environmental law. Professor Shelton is a member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law.

The disposition of the authors and the choice of the contributors, many of them likewise experienced as academics and practitioners, are convincing. All chapters are well composed and focused, illustrating the relevant problems, discussing possible solutions and obstacles, and concluding with concise summarizing observations, and some, not too many, suggestions for Further Reading... Indeed Reading each chapter was a joy that I hope will be shared by many readers.

• I. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ; II. HISTORICAL AND LEGAL SOURCES ; III. STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES ; IV. NORMATIVE EVOLUTION ; V. INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS ; VI. HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW ; VII. ASSESSMENTS