Complete International Law

by Abass, Ademola

• ISBN13: 9780199578702
• ISBN10: 0199578702
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Providing the law student with an essential resource, Complete International Law combines clear explanatory text and practical learning features with extracts from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. - Clearly explained case extracts demonstrate legal principles and the significance of case law. - This innovative text engages you in an active approach to learning that aims to stimulate reflection about the importance of international law in today's world. - Each chapter begins by highlighting learning objectives and uses numerous features throughout, including key point summaries, thinking points and a glossary of key terms. Online Resource Centre An Online Resource Centre, containing the following resources for students and lecturers accompanies this book. For students: * Regular updates* A flashcard glossary of key terms * Annotated web links For lecturers: * A test bank of multiple choice questions

Author Biography

Ademola Abass is Head of Peace and Security at United Nations University (UNU-CRIS), a Former Professor of International Law and Organizations at Brunel University, and a Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society.

Table of Contents

Table of cases	p. xvii
Table of statutes of the international courts	p. xxviii
Table of the rules of the international courts	p. xxix
Table of international secondary legislation	p. xxix
Table of treaties and conventions	p. xxx
Table of other documents	p. xxxvii
International law in the modem context	p. 1
A brief history of international law: a distinction between the 'origin' and 'documentation' of international law	p. 2
The meaning and concept of international law	p. 5
The nature of international law: theories	p. 12
The relationship of theories of law with international law	p. 14
The basis of international law: consent	p. 15
The functions of international law	p. 18
What next in international law?	p. 21
Conclusion	p. 22
Questions	p. 22
Key case	p. 24
Further reading	p. 24
Sources of international law	p. 25
What does the phrase 'sources of law' mean?	p. 26
'Formal', 'material', and 'functional' sources of law	p. 26
What are the sources of international law?	p. 27
Treaties	p. 29
Customs	p. 33
General principles of law	p. 49
Judicial decisions	p. 55
The writings of publicists	p. 55
The relationship between sources of international law	p. 56
Are there other sources of international law?	p. 62
Conclusion	p. 64
Questions	p. 64
Key cases	p. 65
Further reading	p. 66
The law of treaties	p. 6?
General issues: the definition, scope, and nature of treaties	p. 68
The scope of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties	p. 69
The nature of treaties	p. 71
Procedural obligations of treaties	p. 89
The reservation of treaties	p. 89
The interpretation of treaties	p. 89
Invalid treaties	p. 104
The termination and suspension of treaties	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 108
Questions	p. 108
Key cases	p. 110
Further reading	p. 110
The subjects of international law and recognition	p. 111
The relevance of subjects of international law: the concept of legal personality	p. 113
The status of international legal persons	p. 114
Subjects of international law in context	p. 116
Lesser States and special territories	p. 127
International organizations	p. 130
Individuals	p. 131
The recognition of States and governments	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 155
Questions	p. 155
Key cases	p. 156
Further reading	p. 157
International law and municipal law	p. 159
International and municipal law: what relationship?	p. 160
Municipal law issues under international law	p. 163
International legal issues before municipal legal systems	p. 171
The transformation of treaties into the municipal law	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 180
Questions	p. 186
Key cases	p. 188
Further reading	p. 189
International organizations	p. 189
Origins: from the Congress of Vienna to the League of Nations	p. 190
Definitions	p. 193
Classification: international (governmental) organizations, international (non-governmental) organizations, and international public corporations	p. 194
Features of international organizations	p. 197
The legal personality of international organizations	p. 203
Privileges and immunity	p. 225
Conclusions	p. 235
Questions	p. 235
Key cases	p. 236
Further reading	p. 236
State responsibility	p. 239
A brief history of the codification of State responsibility	p. 240
Determining the internationally wrongful acts of a State	p. 243
Attribution of acts or omissions to States	p. 246
Theories of imputability	p. 266
The treatment of aliens	p. 270
Expropriation or nationalization of foreign property	p. 277
Enforcing responsibility against delinquent States	p. 283
Circumstances precluding wrongfulness	p. 297
Peremptory norms: breaches, that can never be excused	p. 299
Conclusion	p. 300
Questions	p. 300
Key cases	p. 301
Further reading	p. 301
Territory and the law of the sea	p. 303
The modes of acquiring territory	p. 304
Occupation and prescription	p. 305
The current state of occupation in international law	p. 312
Intertemporal law	p. 314
Acquisition by prescription	p. 317
Cession and accretion	p. 320
The relation of sovereignty to territory	p. 321
The law of the sea	p. 321
Conclusion	p. 343
Questions	p. 344
Key cases	p. 345
Further reading	p. 345
The law of use of force	p. 347
The League of Nations and the Kellogg-Briand Pact	p. 348
The UN Charter and the prohibition of the use and threat of force	p. 350
Exceptions to the prohibition of the use of force	p. 363
Is Article 2(4) sufficient in the modern world?	p. 381
Conclusion	p. 381
Questions	p. 382
Key cases	p. 383
Further reading	p. 383
Collective security	p. 385
The meaning of æcollective security'	p. 386
The difference between collective security and unilateral actions	p. 387
The scope of, and authority for, collective security	p. 388
The Charter system of collective security	p. 389
Regional collective security systems	p. 406
The distinction between 'collective security' and 'collective self-defence'	p. 411
Peacekeeping	p. 413
Humanitarian intervention	p. 419
Responsibility to protect	p. 423
Conclusion	p. 426
Questions	p. 427
Key case	p. 428
Further reading	p. 428
The settlement of international disputes	p. 429
What is a dispute?	p. 430
The peaceful settlement of disputes	p. 435
Negotiation, inquiry, mediation, good offices, and conciliation	p. 436
Arbitration	p. 456
Conclusion	p. 463
Questions	p. 464
Key cases	p. 465
Further reading	p. 465
The International Court of Justice	p. 467
A short history of the Court	p. 468
The functions of the ICJ	p. 469
Access to the Court	p. 471
The composition, election, and retirement of judges of the ICJ	p. 474
The independence of the Court	p. 479
The jurisdiction of the ICJ	p. 481
The effects of a declaration under Article 36(2)	p. 493
The conditions of declaration	p. 498
Types of reservation	p. 502
Interventions	p. 509
Advisory opinions	p. 514
Consent and advisory opinion	p. 516
The effects of ICJ judgments	p. 518
Conclusion	p. 520
Questions	p. 521
Key cases	p. 522
Further reading	p. 522
Jurisdiction	p. 523
The meaning and nature of jurisdiction	p. 524
The territoriality principle	p. 526
The 'effect' doctrine	p. 532
The nationality principle	p. 535
The protective principle	p. 537
The universality principle	p. 539
The passive personality principle	p. 544
Problems of illegal enforcement jurisdiction	p. 548
Conclusion	p. 552
Questions	p. 552
Key cases	p. 554
Further reading	p. 554
International criminal law	p. 555
What is international criminal law and how did it develop?	p. 556
Sources of international criminal law	p. 558
The distinction between State and individual responsibility	p. 559
General principles of international criminal law	p. 559
International crimes	p. 561
International criminal tribunals	p. 586
The International Criminal Court (ICC)	p. 594
Problems with international criminal justice	p. 599
The ICC and the UN Security Council	p. 603
Immunity	p. 604
Conclusion	p. 604
Questions	p. 605
Key cases	p. 606
Further reading	p. 607
International environmental law	p. 609
What is international environmental law?	p. 610
The development of international environmental law: a short history	p. 612
Sources of international environmental law	p. 615
Major international efforts towards international regulation of the environment	p. 620
Enforcement of international environmental law	p. 639
Conclusions	p. 643
Questions	p. 644
Key cases	p. 645
Further reading	p. 645
International economic law	p. 647
The origins and nature of international economic law	p. 650
International economic law and public international law	p. 652
Institutional mechanisms for regulating international economic law	p. 654
International finance law	p. 667
Conclusion	p. 673
Questions	p. 673
Key cases	p. 674
Further reading	p. 674
International human rights	p. 675
States and human rights	p. 676
The rise of international human rights	p. 677
The United Nations and human rights	p. 679
Regional human rights systems	p. 695
Regional human rights courts	p. 702
Current issues in international human rights law	p. 711
Conclusion	p. 723
Questions	p. 723
Key cases	p. 724
Further reading	p. 724
Index	p. 725
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