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Title

Custom, power, and the power of rules : international relations and customary international law / Michael Byers.

Author

Byers, Michael, 1966-

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description

xxii, 250 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book sets out to explain the most foundational aspect of international law in international relations terms. By doing so it goes straight to the central problem of international law - that although legally speaking all States are equal, socially speaking they clearly are not. As such it is an ambitious and controversial book which will be of interest to all international relations scholars and students and practitioners of international law."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• International law
• Customary law, International
• International relations
• Power (Social sciences)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-246) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

PART 1: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE: Law and power -- Law and international relations -- Power and international law -- PART 2: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE APPLICATION OF POWER: The principle of jurisdiction -- The principle of personality -- The principle of reciprocity -- The principle of legitimate expectation -- PART 3: THE PROCESS OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW: Fundamental problems of customary international law -- International relations and the process of customary international law -- Related issues -- Conclusions.

ISBN

• 0521632897 (hardback)
• 0521634083 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^99207249^

OCLC

• 40935989
• SCSB-10429527

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library