No Country is an Island Australia and International Law

International law does not seem immediately relevant to domestic Australian politics and law, let alone to our everyday lives. Yet, as this essential book shows, international law has a growing significance for trade, human rights, crime, terrorism and climate change. This is a highly readable, timely and important book that shows that while international law can seem remote, there is an urgent need to understand it and for its processes to be as transparent as possible.

Devika Hovell is Director of the International Law Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales.