Books in the The Library of Essays in International Law series

Contains essays that provide the reader with the key works in the debate about democracy in international law. This collection demonstrates the wide influence democracy has had, the controversies that surround it and its importance for international law and relations.

Together with the traditional subjects of international law, such as states and international organizations, non-state actors play an important role in international law-making, law-adjudication and law-enforcement processes. This title describes how different actors participate in the legal process in any given area.

Who or what is entitled to act on the international plane? Where should responsibility for violations of international law lie? What sort of entities are capable of possessing international legal rights? This title contains fourteen articles that address these and related questions.

The centrality of treaties to the international legal system requires little emphasis. The essays contained in this informative volume disclose a wide range of variety of opinion on a broad range of issues concerning the conclusion, application and termination of treaties.

From an instrument designed to protect mostly those civilians fleeing the worse excesses of World War II, the 1951 Refugee Convention has developed into a set of principles, customary rules, and values that are firmly embedded in the human rights framework. This title explores how international refugee law is dynamic and constantly evolving.

The legal nature of international law is continually called into question. In providing pieces of the answer, the law of state responsibility occupies a central place in international law. The articles selected here represent significant and influential analyses of this area of law.

This volume makes accessible a selection of the most significant journal articles dealing with international crimes. The studies collected here will be an invaluable aid to teaching and research.

This volume of "The Library of Essays in International Law" focuses on the classic procedures of peaceful settlement: negotiation, good offices, inquiry, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement and agencies for dispute resolution.

Part of a series which brings together journal articles in international law, this volume focuses on the law of the sea. Articles examine areas such as the exclusive economic zone, underwater archaeology and scientific research, delimitation of maritime boundaries and law on the high seas.

A collection of essays on the various aspects of the legal sources of international law, including theories of the origin of international law, explanation of its binding force, normative hierarchies and the relation of international law and politics.