Cases & Materials on International Law
Höfundar:
Martin Dixon; Robert McCorquodale; Sarah Williams (Útgáfa: 7)
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Cases & Materials on International Law is a topical and engaging companion for study, offering broad coverage on public international law and placing disputes directly within the context of contemporary debate. The book contains the essential cases and materials that students need in order to fully understand and analyse the international legal system, drawing on a truly global range of jurisdictions and sources.
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- Oxford University Press Academic UK
- 9780192586155
- 9780198846895
- ePub
- 7
- Martin Dixon; Robert McCorquodale; Sarah Williams
- English
- 2024-09-18
- 100
- 2
- 2
Kaflar
- Cover Page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- Preface to Seventh Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Australia
- Canada
- Chile
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Egypt
- France
- Germany
- Guinea
- Israel
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Russia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Table of Statutes of the International Courts
- Table of the Rules of the International Courts
- Table of International Secondary Legislation
- Table of Treaties and Conventions
- Table of Other Documents
- 1 The Nature of the International Legal System
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: The Relevance of International Law
- Notes
- Section 2: The International Community and International Law
- Notes
- Section 3: Theories of International Law
- Notes
- Section 4: The Practice of International Law
- Notes
- 2 Sources of International Law
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: The Importance of Sources
- Notes
- Section 2: Statute of the International Court of Justice 1945
- Notes
- Section 3: Treaties
- Notes
- Section 4: Customary International Law
- A: General considerations
- Notes
- B: Local customary international law
- Notes
- C: Persistent objector
- Notes
- D: The relationship of customary international law and treaty law
- Section 5: General Principles of Law
- Notes
- Section 6: Judicial Decisions and the Writings of Publicists
- Notes
- Section 7: Resolutions of International Organisations
- Notes
- Section 8: Soft Law
- Section 9: A Hierarchy of Sources?
- Notes
- Section 10: Codification and Development of International Law
- Notes
- 3 The Law of Treaties
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: Definition of a Treaty
- A: General definition of a treaty
- Notes
- B: Unilateral statements
- Notes
- C: Nature of a treaty
- Notes
- Section 2: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969
- A: General principles
- B: Customary international law
- Section 3: Formation and Application of Treaties
- A: Formation
- Notes
- B: Entry into force
- Notes
- C: Pacta sunt servanda
- D: Impact of treaties on third States (non-parties)
- Notes
- E: State succession to treaties
- Notes
- Section 4: Reservations to Treaties
- A: General principles
- Notes
- B: The legal effect of reservations
- Notes
- C: Reservations to human rights treaties
- Notes
- Section 5: Interpretation of Treaties
- Notes
- Section 6: Invalidity of Treaties
- A: General principles
- Notes
- B: Inconsistency with domestic law and coercion
- C: Error
- D: Jus cogens
- Notes
- E: Unequal treaties
- F: Procedure for invoking the invalidity of a treaty
- Section 7: Termination of Treaties
- Notes
- Section 8: Withdrawal from Treaties
- Notes
- 4 International Law and Domestic Law
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: Theories
- Notes
- Section 2: National Law on the International Plane
- Notes
- Section 3: International Law on the National Plane
- Notes
- Section 4: Examples of International Law on the National Plane
- A: United Kingdom
- (a) Treaties
- Notes
- (b) Customary international law
- Notes
- (c) The impact of Europe on the United Kingdom
- (i) European Union
- Notes
- (ii) European Convention on Human Rights
- Notes
- (d) The UK and UN Security Council Resolutions
- Notes
- B: Australia
- Notes
- C: South Africa
- Notes
- D: United States
- Notes
- 5 Legal Personality and Recognition
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: International Legal Personality
- A: Statehood
- Notes
- B: Other territorial entities
- Notes
- C: International organisations
- Notes
- D: Individuals
- Notes
- E: Other international persons
- Notes
- Section 2: Recognition in International Law
- A: General considerations
- Notes
- B: Mandatory non-recognition in international law
- Section 3: Recognition in National Law
- A: Recognition in UK law
- (a) States
- Notes
- (b) Governments
- Notes
- (c) International organisations
- B: Recognition practice of other states
- 1. Recognition of States
- 2. Recognition of Governments
- Notes
- 6 International Human Rights Law
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: Human Rights Theories
- Notes
- Section 2: The Global Nature of Human Rights
- A: Universal obligations
- Notes
- B: Cultural relativism
- Notes
- Section 3: International Protection of Human Rights
- A: International documents
- Notes
- B: Procedure for protecting human rights
- (a) Charter-based bodies
- Notes
- (b) Treaty-based bodies
- Notes
- C: Customary international law
- Notes
- Section 4: Regional Human Rights Protections
- Notes
- Section 5: Limitations on the Human Rights Treaty Obligations of States
- A: General limitations
- Notes
- B: Reservations
- C: Derogations
- Notes
- Section 6: The Right to Self-Determination
- A: International documents
- Notes
- B: Clarification of the right to self-determination
- Notes
- C: Application of the right to self-determination
- Notes
- Section 7: Other Human Rights Issues
- Notes
- Section 8: Beyond the State
- A: Non-State actors
- Notes
- B: International humanitarian and international human rights law
- Section 9: Covid-19 and Human Rights
- Notes
- 7 Sovereignty over Territory
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: Sovereignty and Territory
- Notes
- Section 2: Traditional Means of Acquisition of Territory
- A: Occupation and prescription
- Notes
- B: Cession
- Notes
- C: Conquest
- Notes
- Section 3: Effective Occupation
- Notes
- Section 4: Consent by Other States
- A: Consent by the other party to the dispute
- B: Consent by other States
- C: Consent by the international community
- Notes
- Section 5: Limitations on Sovereignty over Territory
- A: The right of self-determination
- B: Uti possidetis juris
- Notes
- C: Indigenous people
- Notes
- Section 6: Other Territory
- A: The polar regions
- Notes
- B: Deep seabed
- C: Airspace
- Notes
- D: Outer space
- Notes
- E: Cyberspace
- Notes
- F: International territorial administration
- 8 Jurisdictional Sovereignty
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: General Principles of Jurisdiction
- Notes
- Section 2: Grounds for the Assertion of Jurisdiction by National Courts
- A: Territorial
- Notes
- B: Nationality
- Notes
- C: Protective principle
- D: Passive personality
- Notes
- E: The ‘effects’ doctrine
- Notes
- F: Universality
- Notes
- Section 3: State Jurisdiction and Persons Apprehended in Violation of International Law
- Notes
- 9 State Responsibility
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: The Nature of State Responsibility
- Notes
- Section 2: Attribution
- A: Officials
- Notes
- B: Private persons, corporations and other entities
- Notes
- C: Armed non-State actors
- Notes
- Section 3: Breach of an International Obligation of the State
- A: International obligations
- Notes
- B: Responsibility of a State in connection with an act of another State
- Notes
- Section 4: Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness (Defences)
- Notes
- Section 5: Consequences of a Breach
- A: General
- Notes
- B: Serious breach of a peremptory norm
- Notes
- Section 6: Enforcement of a Claim
- A: Ability to bring a claim
- Notes
- B: Diplomatic protection: the nature of a state’s claim
- Notes
- C: Diplomatic protection of natural persons: nationality of claims
- Notes
- D: Diplomatic protection of legal persons: nationality of claims
- Notes
- E: Exhaustion of local remedies
- Notes
- F: Special enforcement regimes
- Section 7: Treatment of Aliens
- Notes
- 10 Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: General Obligation on States
- Section 2: Non-Judicial Settlement Procedures
- A: General procedures
- Notes
- B: United Nations procedures
- Notes
- Section 3: Arbitration
- A: General
- Notes
- B: Investor-State Arbitration
- Notes
- Section 4: Specific International Tribunals
- A: Human rights supervisory bodies
- B: International criminal tribunals
- Notes
- C: International trade law
- Notes
- D: Other specific international tribunals
- Section 5: International Court of Justice
- A: General
- Notes
- B: Jurisdiction in contentious cases
- Notes
- C: Absent third parties
- Notes
- D: Provisional measures
- Notes
- E: Intervention
- Notes
- F: Interpretation and revision of judgments
- Notes
- G: Obligations to comply with decisions
- Notes
- H: Advisory opinions
- Notes
- Section 6: International Court of Justice and the Security Council
- Notes
- 11 The Use of Force, Collective Security and Peacekeeping
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: The Unilateral Use of Force
- A: The general scheme
- Notes
- B: Individual self-defence
- Notes
- C: Self-defence and terrorist attacks
- (a) Self-defence and non-State actors
- Notes
- (b) Pre-emptive self-defence
- Notes
- D: Collective self-defence
- Notes
- E: The right to protect nationals abroad
- Notes
- F: Humanitarian intervention
- Notes
- G: Intervention by invitation of the territorial state
- Notes
- H: Reprisals
- Notes
- I: Self-determination
- Notes
- Section 2: Individual Criminal Responsibility
- Section 3: Collective Security: Use of Force under Chapter VII of the UN Charter
- A: The Security Council
- Notes
- B: The General Assembly
- C: Regional organisations
- Notes
- 12 Immunities from National Jurisdiction
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: General Principles of State Immunity in International Law
- Notes
- Section 2: State Immunity in the United Kingdom
- A: General principles
- Notes
- B: Commercial and other excluded transactions
- Notes
- C: Who may claim immunity?
- Notes
- Section 3: Heads of State and Other Holders of High-Ranking Office
- Notes
- Section 4: The Relationship between Immunity and Acts Contrary to International Law
- Notes
- Section 5: The Immunities of International Organisations and Their Staff
- Notes
- Section 6: Diplomatic and Consular Immunities
- Notes
- 13 Law of the Sea
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: Law of the Sea Convention 1982
- Notes
- Section 2: The Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
- A: Territorial sea
- Notes
- B: The contiguous zone
- Section 3: The Continental Shelf
- A: General principles
- Notes
- B: Delimitation of the shelf
- Notes
- Section 4: The Exclusive Economic Zone
- A: General principles
- Notes
- B: A common maritime boundary
- Notes
- Section 5: The High Seas
- Notes
- Section 6: The Deep Seabed
- Notes
- Section 7: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
- Notes
- 14 International Environmental Law
- Introductory Note
- Section 1: The Context
- A: Environmental context
- B: Legal context
- Notes
- Section 2: Environmental Theories
- Notes
- Section 3: International Obligations
- A: Sustainable development
- Notes
- B: Prevention of transboundary pollution or environmental harm
- Notes
- C: Precautionary principle
- Notes
- D: Common but differentiated responsibility
- Notes
- E: Reparation: polluter-pays principle
- Notes
- F: State responsibility, compliance and enforcement
- Notes
- Section 4: Selected Environmental Treaties
- A: Global treaties
- (a) Ozone
- Notes
- (b) Climate change
- Notes
- (c) Marine environment
- Notes
- (d) Wildlife and biological diversity
- Notes
- B: Protection of particular territory
- Notes
- Section 5: Relationship of the Environment with Other International Law Issues
- A: Human rights and the environment
- Notes
- B: Armed conflict and the environment
- Notes
- C: Trade, finance and the environment
- Notes
- Index