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Title

Public international law in a nutshell / by Thomas Buergenthal, Sean D. Murphy.

Author

Buergenthal, Thomas

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2007.

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Murphy, Sean D.

Description

xxxv, 403 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

"This Fourth Edition of Public International Law in a Nutshell is a concise yet accurate summary of the field of public international law, covering its basic sources, actors, and procedures, and key subject matter areas, such as human rights, the law of the sea, international environmental law, the law of war, and U.S. foreign relations law. This edition is fully updated to include recent treaties (e.g., on jurisdictional immunities of states), institutions (e.g., the African Court on Human Rights), and Supreme Court decisions (e.g., Sosa and Hamdan). The book is intended to be helpful for students, scholars, and practitioners alike."--Publisher's website.

Series Statement

West nutshell series

Uniform Title

Nutshell series

Alternative Title

Public international law

Subject

• International law
• International and municipal law > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• ch. 1. Application and relevance of international law -- I. Introduction -- II. Problems of definition -- 1-1. Traditional definition -- 1-2. States under international law -- 1-3. Modern definition -- 1-4. Modern subjects -- III. International and national application -- 1-5. Applications distinguished -- 1-6. International application -- 1.7. National application -- 1-8. Some examples -- 1-9. Supremacy of international law -- IV. Relevance and function of international law -- 1-10. Uses of international law -- 1-11. International law as law -- 1-12. Application and enforcement -- 1-13. Enforcement and compliance -- V. Historical overview -- 1-14. Origins of the modern system -- 1-15. Major early writers and theories -- 1-16. Historical milestones -- ch. 2. Sources of international law -- I. Introduction -- II. Primary sources -- 2-1. Article 38(1) of the I.C.J. Statute -- 2-2. Meaning of Article 38 of the I.C.J. Statute -- 2-3. Customary international law -- 2-4. Conventional international law -- 2-5. General principles of law -- 2-6. Character of modern international law -- III. Secondary sources or evidence -- 2-7. Evidence of international law -- 2-8. Law-making process -- 2-9. Where to find the evidence.
• ch. 3. States and international organizations -- I. Introduction -- II. States -- 3-1. Recognition doctrine generally -- 3-2. Recognition of states -- 3-3. Dissolution of the USSR -- 3-4. Recognition of governments -- 3-5. Recognition in U.S. practice -- III. International organizations generally --- 3-6. Nature of international organizations -- 3-7. Operational legal issues -- 3-8. Historical background -- IV. United Nations -- 3-9. U.N. Charter -- 3-10. Nature and function -- 3-11. International constitutional supremacy -- 3-12. U.N. organs -- 3-13. Voting procedures -- 3-14. Binding character of U.N. resolutions -- 3-15. Law-making and legislative activities -- V.U.N. specialized agencies -- 3-16. Definition -- 3-17. Organizations having specialized agency status -- 3-18. Member states -- 3-19. Legislative activities -- VI. Regional organizations -- 3-20. General description -- 3-21. Basic characteristics -- 3-22. Major regional organizations -- 3-23. Membership requirements -- 3-24. Institutional structure -- 3-25. Functions and achievements -- VII. Supranational organizations -- 3-26. Meaning of supranationality -- 3-27. Supranationality and the European Union -- 3-28. Mandate of the European Union -- 3-29. EC institutional structure -- 3-20. EC law-making -- 3-31. EC law and national law -- VIII. Non-state actors -- 3-32. Non-governmental organizations.
• ch. 4. International dispute settlement -- I. Introduction -- II. Non-judicial methods -- 4-1. Introduction -- 4-2. Negotiation -- 4-3. Inquiry -- 4-4. Mediation or good offices -- 4-5. Conciliation -- 4-6. Negotiation, mediation, conciliation combined -- III. Quasi-judicial methods -- 4-7. Arbitration and adjudication distinguished -- 4-8. International arbitral clauses -- 4-9. Consent to arbitrate -- 4-10. Compromise -- 4-11. Nature and composition of arbitral tribunals -- 4-12. Arbitral award -- 4-13. Applicable law and sources of law -- 4-14. International arbitration and the individual -- VI. Judicial methods -- 4-15. Introduction -- A. International Court of Justice -- 4-16. Historical development -- 4-17. Composition and institutional structure -- 1. Contentious jurisdiction -- 4-18. Bases of contentious jurisdiction -- 4-19. Reciprocity -- 4-20. U.S. Article 36(2) declaration -- 4-21. Withdrawal of U.S. declaration -- 4-22. National security considerations -- 4-23. Effect and enforcement of judgments -- 4-24. Provisional measures -- 2. Advisory jurisdiction -- 4-25. Scope of advisory jurisdiction -- 4-26. Legal character -- B. Other major international courts -- 4-27. Introduction -- 4-28. International Tribunal for the Law of the sea -- 4-29. Ad hoc international criminal tribunals -- 4-30. International Criminal Court -- 4-31. Court of Justice of the European community -- 4-32. European Court of Human Rights -- 4-33. Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- 4-34. African Court of Human and People's Rights.
• ch. 5. International law of treaties -- I. Introduction -- II. Definition and conclusion of treaties -- 5-1. Definition -- 5-2. Negotiation of treaties -- 5-3. Entry into force of treaties -- 5-4. Consent to be bound by treaty -- 5-5. Signature followed by ratification -- III. Reservations -- 5-6. Definition -- 5-7. Right to make reservations -- 5-8. Acceptance and legal effect of reservations -- IV. Observance of treaties -- 5-9. Pacta sunt servanda -- 5-10. Territorial scope of treaties -- 5-11. Interpretation of treaties -- 5-12. Treaties and third states -- V. Invalidity, termination, and suspension of treaties -- 5-13. Invalidity of treaties -- 5-14. National law and invalidity -- 5-15. Termination, suspension, and breach of treaties -- 5-16. Treaties and state succession.
• ch. 6. Rights of individuals -- I. Introduction -- II. International law of human rights -- 6-1. Historical development -- A. Law of the U.N. Charter -- 6-2. U.N. Charter -- 6-3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- 6-4. U.N. human rights covenants -- 6-5. Other U.N. human rights instruments -- 6-6. Specialized agencies and regional organizations -- 6-7. International human rights code and its legal effect -- B. Regional human rights law and institutions -- 1. European system -- 6-8. European Convention on Human Rights -- 6-9. Convention institutions -- 6-10. Admissibility requirements -- 2. Inter-American system-- 6-11. Two sources of the system -- 6-12. OAS Charter system -- 6-13. Convention system -- 6-14. Applying the convention -- 6-15. Interplay with U.S. law -- 3. African system -- 6-16. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights -- 6-17. Charter institutions -- 6-18. Rights guaranteed -- 6-19. Definition and sources -- C. International humanitarian law -- 6-20. 1949 Gevena Conventions -- 6-21. Protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions -- 6-22. Human rights conventions, derogation, and humanitarian law -- 6-23. War crimes and crimes against humanity -- III. State responsibility for injuries to aliens -- 6-24. Historical development -- A. Procedural issues -- 6-25. Nationality requirement -- 6-26. Exhaustion of local remedies -- 6-27. Presentation and settlement of claims -- B. Substantive aspects -- 6-28. Attributable liability -- 6-29. Scope of liability -- 6-30. Economic rights.
• ch. 7. Foreign relations law in the United states -- I. Introduction -- II. Separation of powers in foreign affairs -- 7-1. Congressional power -- 7-2. Executive power -- 7-3. Treaty power -- 7-4. War power -- 7-5. Judicial power -- III. Role of the states -- 7-6. Federal supremacy under the constitution -- 7-7. Case law on federal supremacy -- IV. International law as a part of U.S. law -- 7-8. Introduction -- 7-9. Treaties in U.S. law -- 7-10. Customary international law in U.S. law -- 7-11. Alien tort statute -- ch. 8. Jurisdiction -- I. Introduction -- II. Presumptions under U.S. law -- 8-1. Statutes normally govern conduct only within U.S. territory -- 8-2. Congressional intent to apply statute extraterritorially -- 8-3. Example : East Africa embassy bombings -- 8-4. Presumption of consistency with international law -- III. Permissible bases of jurisdiction under international law -- 8-5. General approach of international law -- 8-6. Territorial principle -- 8-7. Nationality principle -- 8-8. Passive personality principle -- 8-9. Protective principle -- 8-10. Universality principle -- 8-11. Combinations of jurisdictional principles -- 8-12. Discretion to exercise permissible jurisdiction -- 8-13. Reasonability of exercising jurisdiction -- 8-14. Concurrent jurisdiction -- IV. Jurisdiction to prescribe, adjudicate, and enforce -- 8-15. Jurisdiction to prescribe -- 8-16. Jurisdiction to adjudicate -- 8-17. Jurisdiction to enforce.
• ch. 9. Immunities from jurisdiction -- I. Introduction -- II. Diplomatic and consular immunities -- 9-1. Function -- 9-2. Diplomatic immunities -- 9-3. Consular immunities -- 9-4. International civil servant immunities -- 9-5. U.S. statutory law -- 9-6. Head of state immunity -- III. State immunities -- 9-7. Function -- 9-8. Historical development -- 9-9. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) -- 9-10. Exception based on waiver -- 9-11. Commercial activity exception -- 9-12. Expropriation exception -- 9-13. Tort exception -- 9-14. Exception for arbitration -- 9-15. Terrorist state exception -- 9-16. Counterclaims exception -- 9-17. Extent of liability -- 9-18. Attachment and execution -- IV. Act of state doctrine -- 9-19. Act of state doctrine generally -- 9-20. Sabbatino case -- 9-21. Exceptions to the doctrine -- 9-22. Exception when Congress so directs -- 9-23. Exception when State Department so advises -- 9-24. Treaty exception -- 9-25. Exception for extraterritorial government action -- 9-26. Exception for commercial activities -- 9-27. Exception where validity of act is not in question -- 9-28. Exception for counterclaims -- 9-29. Exception for human rights cases.
• ch. 10. Law of the sea -- I. Introduction -- II. Major maritime zones -- 10-1. Baselines and internal waters -- 10-2. Territorial sea -- 10-3. Contiguous zone -- 10-4. Continental shelf -- 10-5. Exclusive economic zone -- 10-6. High seas -- 10-7. International sea-bed area -- 10-8. Straits and archipelagos -- 10-9. Delimitation of maritime boundaries -- 10-10. Hot pursuit across maritime zones -- III. Regulation of certain uses of the sea -- 10-11. Maritime pollution -- 10-12. Fishing -- IV. Dispute settlement -- 10-13. LOSC dispute settlement -- ch. 11. International environmental law -- I. Introduction -- II. Structural overview -- 11-1. Historical background -- 11-2. International and non-governmental organizations -- 11-3. Key principles -- 11-4. Techniques of legal regulation -- III. Regulation in important sectors -- 11-5. Ozone depletion -- 11-6. Global climate change -- 11-7. Biological diversity -- IV. Cross-sectoral issues -- 11-8. Trade and environment -- 11-9. Extraterritorial application of environmental law.
• ch. 12. Use of force and arms control -- I. Introduction -- II. The use of force -- 12-1. General prohibition on the use of force -- 12-2. Inherent right of self-defense -- 12-3. Peace enforcement by the Security Council -- 12-4. Peace enforcement by regional organizations -- 12-5. Mixed bases for the use of force -- 12-6. U.N. peacekeeping -- III. Arms control -- 12-7. Background -- 12-8. Conventional weapons -- 12-9. Chemical and biological weapons -- 12-10. Nuclear weapons -- ch. 13. International legal research -- I. Introduction -- II. Treatises and other scholarly material -- 13-1. Treaties -- 13-2. Encyclopedias, dictionaries and restatements -- 13-3. Casebooks -- 13-4. Periodical literature -- III. International agreements -- 13-5. International agreements generally -- 13-6. International agreements of the United States -- 13-7. International agreements on electronic databases -- IV. State and international organization practice -- 13-8. Contemporary practice of governments -- 13-9. Contemporary practice of the United States -- 13-10. Past practice of the United States -- 13-11. Practice of the United Nations -- 13-12. International Law Commission -- V. Judicial and arbitral decisions -- 13-13. General sources for judicial and arbitral decision -- 13-14. I.C.J. decisions -- 13-15. EC court decisions -- 13-16. Inter-American Court of Human Rights decisions -- 13-17. International criminal tribunal decision -- 13-18. ITLOS decisions -- 13-19. WTO decisions -- 13-20. NAFTA dispute settlement decisions -- VI. Internet research -- 13-21. Internet sources -- VII. Further reference works -- 13-22. Additional help.

ISBN

• 9780314171696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 031417169X (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC

• 76696272
• SCSB-9946179

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Harvard Library