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详细
Evans's International Law is widely celebrated as an outstanding collection of writing by leading scholars in the field. Bringing together a broad range of perspectives on all the key issues in international law, it is a unique and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike.
Key features:
- A stellar line-up of authors, drawn from those actively involved in the teaching and practice of international law, offers authoritative and stimulating perspectives on the subject
- Provides wide-ranging, critical analysis of all of the key issues and themes in public international law
- The entire volume has been carefully edited by Sir Malcolm Evans to ensure a consistent style
- Suitable for students and academics with varying prior exposure to international law
New to this edition:
- New chapters Acquisition of Territory, International Economic Law, and International Space Law
- New contributors: Andrew Clapham, Eric De Brabandere, Rosanna Deplano, Paola Gaeta, Reece Lewis, Brendan Plant, Andrew Lang, Rosa Freedman, Andrew Sanger, Christian Tams, and Eva van der Marel
- New ICJ decisions, including those on Genocide (Ukraine v Russian Federation and The Gambia v Myanmar); on Racial Discrimination (Qatar v United Arab Emirates); and Maritime Delimitation (Somalia v Kenya)
- ITLOS decisions, including the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island Sates on Climate Change and International Law
- Arbitral decisions, including the 'Enrica Lexie' Incident, as well as domestic court judgments
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Part I. The History and Theory of International Law
1: Stephen C Neff: A short history of international law
2: Martti Koskenniemi: What is international law for?
3: Iain Scobbie: A view of Delft: Some thoughts about thinking about international law
Part II. The structure of international legal obligation
4: Hugh Thirlway: The sources of international law
5: Alan Boyle: Soft law in international law-making
6: Dinah Shelton: International law and 'relative normality'
7: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: The practical working of the law of treaties
Part III. The subjects of the international legal order
8: Matthew Craven: Statehood self-determination, and recognition
9: Dapo Akande: International organizations
10: Robert McCorquodale: The individual and the international legal system
Part IV. The scope of sovereignty
11: Christopher Staker: Jurisdiction
12: Hazel Fox: International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states
13: Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations
14: Eileen Denza: The relationship between international and national law
Part V. Responsibility
15: James Crawford and Simon Olleson: The nature and forms of international responsibility
16: Phoebe Okowa: Issues of admissibility and the law on international responsibility
17: Spencer Zifcak: Responsibility to protect
Part VI. Responding to breaches of international obligations
18: Nigel White and Ademola Abass: Countermeasures and sanctions
19: John Merrills: The means of dispute settlement
20: Hugh Thirlway: The international court of justice
21: Christine Gray: The use of force and the international legal order
Part VII. The application of international law
22: Malcolm Evans: The law of the sea
23: Catherine Redgwell: International environmental law
24: Surya Subedi: International investment law
25: Robert Cryer: International criminal law
26: Nigel Rodley: International protection of Human Rights
27: David Turns: The law of war (international humanitarian law)
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Edited by Malcolm Evans, Professor of Public International Law, University of Bristol
Contributors:
Dr. Stephen Neff: University of Edinburgh
Professor Martti Koskenniemi: University of Helsinki
Professor Iain Scobbie: University of Manchester
Professor Hugh Thirlway: International Court of Justice
Professor Alan Boyle: University of Edinburgh
Professor Dinah Shelton: George Washington University Law School
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Matthew Craven: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Mr. Dapo Akande: St Peter's College, University of Oxford
Professor Robert McCorquodale: British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Dr. Christopher Staker: Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers, London
Lady Hazel Fox CMG QC: Somerville College, University of Oxford
Dr. Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Professor Eileen Denza: Visiting Professor, University of London
Professor James Crawford: Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Mr. Simon Olleson: Lincoln's Inn
Dr. Pheobe Okowa: Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Spencer Zifcak: Australian Catholic University
Professor Nigel White: University of Nottingham
Professor Ademola Abass: United Nations University
Professor John Merrills: University of Sheffield
Professor Christine Gray: St. John's College, University of Cambridge
Professor Malcolm Evans: Professor of Public International Law, University of Bristol
Professor Catherine Redgwell: All Souls College, University of Oxford
Professor Surya Subedi: University of Leeds
Professor Robert Cryer: Birmingham Law School
Sir Nigel Rodley: University of Essex
Mr. David Turns: Security Studies Institute, Defence Academy of Great Britain
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"An excellent edition - very easy to read. It provides a critical, up to date, modern analysis of issues in international law." - Dr Tawhida Ahmed, Associate Professor in Law, University of Reading.
"An impressive collection of essays on the most important aspects of international law." - Dr Helmut Philipp Aust, Senior Research Fellow, Humboldt University, Berlin
