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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521576679
ISBN-139780521576673
eBay Product ID (ePID)127372225
Product Key Features
Number of Pages985 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameInternational Law
Publication Year1997
SubjectInternational
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
AuthorMalcolm N. Shaw
Subject AreaLaw
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2.4 in
Item Weight60.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-001587
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'His task of enthusing the reader to explore the subject more fully Professor Shaw executes with vigour … The exposition is clear and the documentation and bibliography contained in the footnotes will more than satisfy both the student reader and the researcher … fascinating and enjoyable reading.' Ralf Beddard, British Yearbook of International Law, ‘His task of enthusing the reader to explore the subject more fully Professor Shaw executes with vigour … The exposition is clear and the documentation and bibliography contained in the footnotes will more than satisfy both the student reader and the researcher … fascinating and enjoyable reading.’Ralf Beddard, British Yearbook of International Law, 'His task of enthusing the reader to explore the subject more fully Professor Shaw executes with vigour ... The exposition is clear and the documentation and bibliography contained in the footnotes will more than satisfy both the student reader and the researcher ... fascinating and enjoyable reading.'Ralf Beddard, British Yearbook of International Law, 'His task of enthusing the reader to explore the subject more fully Professor Shaw executes with vigour ... The exposition is clear and the documentation and bibliography contained in the footnotes will more than satisfy both the student reader and the researcher ... fascinating and enjoyable reading.' Ralf Beddard, British Yearbook of International Law
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal341
Table Of ContentPreface; Table of cases; Table of treaties and agreements; Table of abbreviations; 1. The nature and development of international law; 2. International law today; 3. Sources; 4. International law and municipal law; 5. The subjects of international law; 6. The international protection of human rights; 7. The regional protection of human rights; 8. Recognition; 9. Territory; 10. Air law and space law; 11. The law of the sea; 12. Jurisdiction; 13. Immunities from jurisdiction; 14. State responsibility; 15. International environmental law; 16. The law of treaties; 17. State succession; 18. The settlement of disputes by peaceful means; 19. International law and the use of force by states; 20. The United Nations; 21. International institutions; Index.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe fourth edition of Malcolm Shaw's bestselling textbook in international law represents a major revision of its predecessor. Alongside substantial new chapters dealing with human rights and the United Nations, Professor Shaw has incorporated new material on international environmental law, state succession, recognition, the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, and international institutions. Above all the book remains a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to international law. It sets the subject firmly in the context of world political events, and brings out the importance of the many economic, political, and cultural influences that affect it. International Law remains an excellent and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for students of law, international relations, and the political sciences., The fourth edition of Malcolm Shaw's bestselling textbook in international law represents a major revision of its predecessor. Alongside substantial new chapters dealing with human rights and the United Nations, Professor Shaw has incorporated new material on international environmental law, state succession, recognition, the settlement of disputes by peaceful means and international institutions. The book remains a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to international law.