International Law

The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law is a comprehensive, analytical resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of international law.

Serving as a single-volume introduction to the field as a whole, the book is one of the classic treatises on international law. It includes extensive references in order to provide a solid foundation for further research.

Serving as a single-volume introduction to the field as a whole, the book is one of the classic treatises on international law, now fully updated to order to take account of recent developments. It includes extensive references in order to provide a solid foundation for further research.

International law can be defined as 'the rules governing the legal relationship between nations and states'. However, with political, diplomatic and socio-economic factors shaping the law and its application, international law is much more complex. This concise textbook encourages students to view international law as a dynamic system of organising the world. Bringing international law back to its first principles and breathing new life and energy into the subject, the book is organised around four questions: Where does it come from? To whom does it apply? How does it resolve conflict? What does it say?

The book is designed primarily as an introduction to the system and substance of international law. It is also a convenient and comprehensive reference work on the most important aspects of this burgeoning field. The book includes introductory materials on the nature, history, and theory of international law from an international relations, as well as a legal, perspective.

This book provides an ntroduction to the substance and practice of international law from a Canadian perspective, in both domestic and foreign matters. It delivers a comprehensive overview of the foundational concepts, principles, sources, and institutions of the international legal system, while examining key subject areas of importance in the world today.

This text provides an accessible and systematic overview of the key issues and debates around the sources of international law. It also offers an authoritative theoretical guide for anyone studying or working within but also outside international law wishing to understand one of its most foundational questions.

This is a concise summary of public international law, covering its basic structure, sources, actors, and procedures, and key subject matter areas, such as human rights, the law of the sea, international environmental law, and use of military force.

This third edition brings the book up to date with leading Supreme Court of Canada decisions while adding new discussions on topics such as executive certificates, internationally informed objections to court jurisdiction, non-binding arrangements between states, Empire treaties, treaty implementation through POGG, treaty de-implementation, and Canada’s reception of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.