Brownlie's principles of public international law / James Crawford.

Serving as a single volume introduction to the field as a whole, this book seeks to present international law as a system that is based on, and helps structure, relations among states and other entities at the international level. It identifies the constituent elements of that system in a clear and...

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Main Author: Crawford, James, 1948- (Author)
Other Authors: Brownlie, Ian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Oxford, United Kingdom] : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Edition:[Eighth edition]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The sources of international law
  • The relations of international and national law
  • Subjects of international law
  • Creation and incidence of statehood
  • Recognition of states and governments
  • International Organizations
  • Forms of governmental authority over territory
  • Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty
  • Status of territory : further problems
  • The territorial sea and other maritime zones
  • Maritime delimitation and associated questions
  • Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas
  • Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources
  • Legal aspects of the protection of the environment
  • The law of treaties
  • Diplomatic and consular relations
  • Unilateral acts; estoppel : Succession to rights and duties
  • Sovereignty and equality of states
  • Jurisdictional competence
  • Privileges and immunities of foreign states
  • The relations of nationality
  • Nationality of corporations and assets
  • The conditions for international responsibility
  • Consequences of an internationally wrongful act
  • Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility
  • The international minimum standard : persons and property
  • International human rights
  • International criminal justice
  • The claims process
  • Third-party settlement of international disputes
  • The use of threat of force by states.