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Title

People's China and international law : a documentary study / [compiled by] Jerome Alan Cohen and Hungdah Chiu.

Publication

Princeton, Princeton University Press [1974]

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Additional Authors

• Cohen, Jerome Alan
• Qiu, Hongda, 1936-

Description

2 volumes (xx, 1790 pages) maps; 25 cm.

Summary

In these two volumes Jerome Alan Cohen and Hungdah Chiu have presented in a comprehensive form the views of the People's Republic of China on all the major questions of public international law. The material chosen includes official acts and statements from every level of the Chinese government, editorials and major articles from the People's Daily, dispatches of the New China News Agency and other government media, the writings of Chinese scholars, and the speeches of China's leaders. In an extensive introduction, Professors Cohen and Chiu discuss the experience of previous Chinese governments with international law, and the relationship of China's domestic public order and its foreign policy to its views of international law.

Series Statement

Studies in East Asian law

Uniform Title

Studies in East Asian law

Subject

• International law > China > History
• International law
• Völkerrecht
• foreign policy
• international law
• diplomacy
• history
• government
• legislation
• role of China
• international relations
• politique étrangère
• droit international
• diplomatie
• histoire
• gouvernement
• législation
• rôle de la Chine
• relations internationales
• política exterior
• derecho internacional
• diplomacia
• historia
• gobierno
• legislación
• papel de China
• relaciones internacionales
• China
• China
• Chine

Genre/Form

• History
• statement.
• bibliography.
• editorial.
• news item.
• reference.
• exposé.
• exposé
• bibliographie.
• coupure de presse.
• éditorial.
• référence bibliographique.
• declaración.
• bibliografía.
• comentario editorial.
• noticia de prensa.
• referencia.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [1681]-1765.

Contents

Volume 1. Introduction -- I. The nature and basis of international law. 1. Efforts to define international law -- 2. Criticism of bourgeois theories -- 3. Efforts to develop a "socialist" theory -- II. Fundamental principles of international law. 4. Sources of international law -- 5. Subjects of international law -- 6. The relationship between international law and municipal law -- 7. Inviolability of sovereignty -- 8. Peaceful coexistence and socialist internationalism -- 9. Nonintervention -- III. Participation in the international community. 10. Recognition, diplomatic relations, and their consequences -- 11. Representation in international organizations -- IV. Claims to territory. 12. Land -- 13. Water -- 14. Air space and outer space -- V. The exercise of territorial jurisdiction. 15. Entry and exit -- 16. Internal and territorial waters -- 17. Ports and boundary rivers -- 18. Territorial air space -- 19. Crimes committed in Chinese territory -- 20. Aliens' personal affairs -- 21. Aliens' economic activities -- 22. Responsibility for causing injury to Aliens in China -- VI. The exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction. 23. Determination of Chinese nationality -- 24. Regulation of Chinese nationals abroad -- 25. Protection of Chinese nationals abroad -- 26. Protection of other interests abroad -- volume 2. VII. The immunities and privileges of diplomats, consuls, and other agents of international relations. 27. Diplomats -- 28. Consuls -- 29. Other agents of international relations -- VIII. The law of treaties. 30. The nature of treaties and the PRC's succession to the commitments of previous governments -- 31. The process of treaty making -- 32. Interpretation of treaties -- 33. Treaties and third states -- 34. Validity of treaties -- 35. Termination of treaties -- IX. The law and practice of international organizations. 36. General attitude toward the United Nations -- 37. Constitutional problems of the United Nations -- 38. Maintenance of international peace and security by the United Nations -- 39. Other United Nations activities -- 40. Activities of other international organizations -- X. Disputes, hostile relations, and arms control.41. Peaceful settlement of international disputes -- 42. Legality of resort to force -- 43. Legal regulation of the conduct of conflict -- 44. Protection of prisoners and other victims of war -- 45. Treatment of war criminals -- 46. Termination of armed conflict -- 47. Arms control and disarmament -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Chinese- and Japanese-language books -- Articles, periodicals, and newspapers -- Index.

ISBN

• 069109229X
• 9780691092294

LCCN

73002475

OCLC

• ocm00650565
• 650565
• SCSB-9004670

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library