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In Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities, Bruce Cronin explains the growth of a small body of human rights law that bans the use of violence against a state's own population when it is deemed a mass atrocity, regardless of whether they have acc...

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States the law relating to treaties from an international aspect and in the light of international sources, while at the same time preserving the point of view of the average common lawyer. Lord McNair was strongly of the opinion that the common l...

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The most authoritative work in the field, this classic study is once again available. Professor Brownlie has confined himself to the pursuit, on historic lines, of an estimation of the extent of legal prohibition of the use of force by states. He ...

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The purpose of this work is to present a comprehensive view of Hugo Grotius's main work De Jure Belli ac Pacis, a view based on the text. Its main argument shows that, far from being a bookish theoretician indulging himself in the construction of ...

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Treaties and Indigenous Peoples is an edited version of Professor Ian Brownlie's 1990 Robb Lectures, delivered at the University of Auckland in the sesquicentennial year of the establishment of New Zealand as a British colony. Whereas most sesquic...

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This highly original and challenging study offers an examination of the tensions which exist between the two most important sources of international law: Treaty and Custom. Through detailed analysis of state practice and key decisions of internati...

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Adopted in 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been vital in establishing the rights of children across the globe. This volume provides a detailed analysis and evaluation of each of the 40 articles which comprise thi...

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This book is the first comprehensive critical analysis of the regulation of naval weapons during armed conflict. It concentrates on the three principal weapons in use this century - naval mines, submarines, and anti-ship missiles. The book examine...

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This three volume set collects the texts of the International Law Commission's final draft Articles and Commentaries, and other final reports, on all the topics that it has completed work on during its first fifty years, up to 1998. It also contai...

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Theodor Meron is probably the world's most important author on issues of international humanitarian law. This book is a collection of his essays on war crimes and related areas, together with a new concluding chapter, from which the book takes its...

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This is the first of a three volume set, the publication of which will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Law Commission, the UN body principally responsible for the codification and development of international law. Together, the ...

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This classic work on consular law explains what consuls do to assist and protect co-nationals. How can they help with documents, or if a co-national is arrested or convicted on a criminal charge? This book explores how consular law developed and e...

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This book analyses the Oslo Accords - the historic Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements. Other books have described the politics behind negotiation of the Accords; this is the first book to analyse the Accords from the standpoint of international ...

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This Oxford Handbook explores key questions and debates in international legal theory, offering new intellectual histories for the discipline, and providing fresh interpretations of significant historical figures, texts, and theoretical approaches.

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This commentary on freedom of religion or belief provides a comprehensive overview of the pressing issues of freedom of religion or belief from an international law perspective.

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Focusing on how states have utilized the persistent objector rule in practice, this volume details how the rule emerged and operates, how it should be conceptualised, and what its implications are for the binding nature of customary international ...

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This fully updated volume provides a detailed legal analysis of the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, as well as the jurisprudence already developed by the World Trade Organization. This second edition provides up to date analysis of new WTO case...

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International Law and the Protection of Forests evaluates the protection afforded to trees and forests by the international legal system, and identifies legal measures that may reduce deforestation and protect forest resources. It argues that a ne...

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This is the first comprehensive study of corruption in international investment arbitration. The book seeks to identify emerging trends in the case law and proposes an integrative framework of decision.

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This work provides a commentary on Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast).

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Recent maritime disputes, environmental disasters, and piracy have raised the profile of the law of the sea. This Oxford Handbook brings together high-level analysis of all of its key aspects, examining the role of particular regions in the develo...

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The question of whether the meaning of terms used in treaties can evolve over time is highly contentious within international law. This book examines how treaties should be interpreted, and how best to marry the intention of the parties to the tre...

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Providing a comprehensive analysis of and coherent method for establishing obligations concerning the transit of energy through pipelines, in both multilateral and bilateral treaties, this book sets out the duties of transit states and remedies in...

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The 1922-34 exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey was the first legally mandated compulsory population movement of its scale and sophistication. The book will demonstrate how such population movements were justified at the time as a rad...

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International courts and tribunals make decisions which shape international law. Yet what grants them the legitimacy to make these decisions in the first place? This book proposes a theory of international public law that argues that these interna...

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The International Court of Justice controversially found in 2010 that the Kosovo declaration of independence did not violate international law. This book assesses its context and legacy, investigating if this judgement was unique to Kosovo, or if ...

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The Arms Trade Treaty is the first universal disarmament treaty to control the export and import of all conventional arms. This commentary describes each provision of the Treaty, how it was negotiated, and the key challenges to its implementation.

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Interpretation in International Law is an innovative volume that foregrounds interpretation as central to the generation of legal meaning in international law. The book encourages international lawyers to reflect creatively on how they interpret i...

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Examining the various sources of law that form this area of growing academic and practical importance, International Law and Transnational Organised Crime provides readers with a thorough understanding of the key concepts and legal instruments in ...

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In light of the controversies surrounding the impact of investment treaties and arbitration, this book reflects on the major changes in the area of international investment law.

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