International Law

Evans' International Law is widely celebrated as an outstanding collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading scholars in the field. The fully updated fifth edition succeeds in explaining the principles of international law and exposing the debates and challenges that underlie it. Now fully revised and updated, it continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating overview of this increasingly important subject; revealing international law in its full diversity.

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International Law is also accompanied by online resources, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners.

Malcolm Evans, Professor of Public International Law, University of Bristol

Part I. The History and Theory of International Law
1. A short history of international law, Stephen C Neff
2. What is international law for?, Martti Koskenniemi
3. A view of Delft: thinking about international law, Iain Scobbie
Part II. The Structure of International Legal Obligation
4. The sources of international law, Anthea Roberts and Sandesh Sivakumaran
5. Soft law in international law-making, Alan Boyle
6. The practical working of the law of treaties, Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Part III. The Subjects of the International Legal Order
7. Statehood self-determination, and recognition, Matthew Craven and Rose Parfitt
8. International organizations, Dapo Akande
9. The individual and the international legal system, Robert McCorquodale
Part IV. The Scope of Sovereignty
10. Jurisdiction, Christopher Staker
11. International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states, Philippa Webb
12. Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations, Chanaka Wickremasinghe
13. The relationship between international and national law, Eileen Denza
Part V. Responsibility
14. The nature and forms of international responsibility, James Crawford and Simon Olleson
15. Issues of admissibility and the law on international responsibility, Phoebe Okowa
16. Responsibility to protect, Spencer Zifcak
Part VI. Responding to Breaches of International Obligations
17. Countermeasures and sanctions, Nigel White and Ademola Abass
18. The means of dispute settlement, John Merrills
19. The international court of justice, Hugh Thirlway
20. The use of force and the international legal order, Christine Gray
Part VII. The Application of International Law
21. The law of the sea, Malcolm Evans
22. International environmental law, Catherine Redgwell
23. International investment law, Surya Subedi
24. International criminal law, Robert Cryer
25. International human rights law, Nigel Rodley
26. International refugee and migration law, Geoff Gilbert and Anna Magdalena Rusch
27. The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law), David Turns