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THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
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Marc Cogen, Ghent University
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202 080 000
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Vastbladig
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2008 |
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978 90 4860 142 4
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beschrijving
The Comprehensive Guide to International Law is written to explain the basics of international law and how it works today. It is addressed to the reader who is not a lawyer but who is aware of the fact that international law is a particular narrative of contemporary international relations. Although sometimes controversial or unsettled, international law is the necessary tool for governments to justify every aspect of their foreign policy.
The reader will learn how international law is distinctly different from domestic law, still the preferred domain of the overwhelming majority of lawyers. As a matter of fact, international law is often shaped by non-lawyers and is open to constant change. The book invites the reader to visit international law from a historical perspective, showing how tradition and custom were once the fundamentals of international relations.
Today, thousands of treaties are in force and have replaced custom to a large extent. But the effects of treaties are not always open to public scrutiny or debate except for the media prone and politicized treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol. The book maintains that even in a global world states and governments remain the cornerstone of international relations. At the same time, the author argues that international law in the 21st century leaves behind the legacy of the Cold War which was a period of political neutrality.
Instead, democratic governance and human rights and freedoms are the contemporary foundations of international law upon which every aspect of international law and policy is assessed and evaluated. This trend becomes even more evident when the armed forces of a country are deployed in overseas operations whether unilateral or in UN operations. The citizens rightly demand a convincing explanation of the legal reasons and policy choices to back or sanction their governments· foreign and security policy. Explaining international law has thus become crucial to the political power base of governments in a democratic society. In ten chapters the Comprehensive Guide attempts to explain our rapidly changing world order.
An explanation of the basics of international law and how it works today ...
" During recent decades public international law has undergone drastic changes. Major political developments left their marks such as the decolonization process, the end of the Cold War, many internal armed conflicts and globalization. Such developments gave rise to an expanding circle of actors and legal subjects in international law: apart from states, also international organizations, peoples, individuals and - albeit still limited - multinational corporations. Next to this increasing plurality of actors in international law a diversity of sources emerged, expanding well beyond the traditional list contained in the Statute of the International Court of Justice dating back to 1922. Prime examples are the resolutions of international organizations, including both the binding decisions of the UN Security Council and the formally non-binding but often normative resolutions of the UN General Assembly. Distinct new chapters of international law emerged, such as human rights law, international environmental law, the management of the global commons and the law of international criminal courts and tribunals. Taking stock of and properly analyzing such developments in international law requires not only in-depth knowledge and understanding but also sincere dedication, full commitment and hard work. By writing this insightful and accessible ’The Comprehensive Guide to International Law· Professor Marc Cogen has amply proven to be in the possession of such a unique combination of skills. One can only have deep admiration and respect for his courage to embark on such a painstaking book project. The result is a most welcome contribution to the study of international law and a practical and crystal clear guide to the teaching of international law from which undoubtedly generations of students will benefit."
Professor Nico Schrijver,
Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Member of the Institut de droit international.
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Inhoudstafel
Foreword
Contents
Collections of international jurisprudence
Table of cases
Frames
Chapter I: The sources of international law
Chapter II: The history of international law
Chapter III: States and Territories
Chapter IV: The state
Chapter V: The global commons
Chapter VI: International organizations
Chapter VII: The individual
Chapter VIII: Diplomatic and consular law
Chapter IX: The law of treaties
Chapter X: The laws regarding armed activities |
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