International Law

Malcolm N. Shaw

Cambridge University Press, Sep 25, 2003 - Law

This fifth edition of Malcolm Shaw's bestselling textbook on international law provides a clear, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the subject, fully revised and updated to Spring 2003. Basically preserving the structure which made the previous edition so successful, a new chapter on Inter-state Courts and Tribunals considers the role of the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and there is a new chapter on international humanitarian law. Also examined are arbitration tribunals and the role of international institutions such as the WTO in resolving conflicts. The prosecution of individuals for violations of international law is examined. Additional coverage of events in Kosovo and Iraq analyses the questions of humanitarian intervention and the role of the UN. Written in a clear and accessible style, setting the subject firmly in the context of world politics and the economic and cultural influences affecting it, this book remains a highly readable and invaluable resource for students and practitioners alike. The scope of the text makes this essential reading for students of international law, international relations and the political sciences. The book is also valuable to professionals and governmental and international civil servants.

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Contents

• Preface page: xxiii
• Table of treaties and selected other international: lxviii
• List of abbreviations: cxli
• The nature and development of international law: 1
• International law today: 42
• Sources: 65
• International law and municipal law: 120
• The subjects of international law: 175
• Sui generis territorial entities: 201
• International territories: 207
• The Saharan Arab Democratic Republic: 213
• The right of all peoples to selfdetermination: 225
• Individuals: 232
• International organisations: 241
• The international protection of human rights: 247
• Some basic principles: 254
• The United Nations system implementation: 281
• Expert bodies established under particular treaties: 289
• The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination: 300
• The Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers: 309
• The regional protection of human rights: 319
• and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment: 337
• Europe: 346
• The CIS Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental: 352
• The Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples Rights: 363
• Territory: 409
• Cession: 420
• Territorial integrity selfdetermination and sundry claims: 443
• Air law and space law: 463
• The law of outer space: 479
• The law of the sea: 490
• opposite or adjacent coasts: 506
• Provisions of the Convention on the Law of the: 565
• Jurisdiction: 572
• Extradition: 610
• Immunities from jurisdiction: 621
• Contracts of employment: 646
• The personality issue immunity for government figures: 655
• Prejudgment attachment: 661
• Conclusion: 667
• the Vienna Convention: 688
• State responsibility: 694
• Reparation: 715
• Diplomatic protection and nationality of claims: 721
• The exhaustion of local remedies: 730
• The expropriation of foreign property: 737
• International environmental law: 753
• The problems of the state responsibility approach: 771
• Marine pollution: 806
• The termination of treaties: 851
• State succession: 861
• Succession to treaties generally: 875
• Succession with respect to matters other than treaties: 889
• The settlement of disputes by peaceful means: 914
• International institutions and dispute settlement: 928
• limited competence: 938
• Interstate courts and tribunals: 951
• International law and the use of force by states: 1013
• The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1044
• International humanitarian law: 1054
• The United Nations: 1082
• Conclusion: 1117
• measures: 1124
• The Use offorce in nonenforcement situations: 1138
• Rwanda: 1144
• The role of the General Assembly: 1151
• International institutions: 1161
• Regional institutions: 1168
• Some legal aspects of international organisations: 1186
• Some useful international law websites: 1216
• Index: 1225

About the author

MALCOLM SHAW QC is the Robert Jennings Professor of International Law at the University of Leicester, and a practising barrister.

Bibliographic information

• Title: International Law
• Author: Malcolm N. Shaw
• Edition: 5, revised
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1139438646, 9781139438643
• Subjects: Law / International