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United States Practice in International Law: Volume 1, 1999-2001by Sean D. Murphy; Frederick Burkhardt; Duncan M. Porter
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 76.00This wide-ranging and in-depth survey discusses jurisdiction and immunities, state responsibility and liability, international economic law, and human rights. Containing extracts from hard-to-find documents, tables of cases and treaties, and detailed index, this essential tool for researchers and practitioners is the first in a series capturing US international law practice. more...
Regions and Powersby Barry Buzan; Ole Wæver; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker; Chris Brown; Phil Cerny; Joseph Grieco; A. J. R. Groom
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 39.00Buzan and Wæver argue that in the post-Cold War world regional patterns of security are more important than ever before. Analysing regions throughout the world, this original and comprehensive study offers a distinctive interpretation of the nature of the 'new world security order' that has followed the Cold War. more...
Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizationsby Jan Klabbers; Asa Wallendahl
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 60.00This pioneering Research Handbook with contributions from renowned experts, provides an overview of the general doctrines making up the law of international organizations. The approach of this book is taken from a novel perspective: that of the tension between functionalism and constitutionalism. In doing so, this Handbook presents not only practically relevant information, but also provides a tool for understanding the ways in which international organizations work. It has separate chapters on specific 'constitutional' topics and on two specific organizations: the EU and the UN. Research Handbook on the Law of international Organizations will be of particular interest to academics and graduate students in the fields of international law, international... more...
Break-up of Yugoslavia and International Lawby Peter Radan
Routledge 2001; US$ 198.00This book provides a critical analysis from an international law perspective of the break-up of Yugoslavia and will be of interest to those in the fields of international law and political science more...
Global Boundariesby Clive H. Schofield
Routledge 1994; US$ 236.00Global Boundaries considers conceptual, legal and geopolitical aspects of international borders and borderlands. This book also presents a detailed discussion of Antarctica, an area of global territorial dispute. more...
Eurasiaby Carl Grundy-Warr
Routledge 1994; US$ 276.00Eurasia offers a wide-ranging and original interpretation of territory, boundaries and borderlands in Europe, Asia and the Far East, forming part of a unique new series focusing on world boundaries. more...
International Law in the Post-Cold War Worldby Sienho Yee; Wang Tieya
Routledge 2001; US$ 273.00Centering on the theme of 'progressiveness', this powerful volume offers important new perspectives on the history, theory and practice of international law. more...
Preventing Biological Warfareby Malcolm Dando; Jim Whitman
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention entirely prohibits biological warfare, but it has no effective verification mechanism to ensure that the 140-plus States Parties are living up to their obligations. From 1995-2001 the States Parties attempted to negotiate a Protocol to the Convention to remedy this deficiency. On 25 July 2001 the United States entirely rejected the final text which would probably have been acceptable to most other states. The book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership. more...
The Political Economy Of Desireby Jennifer Beard
Glasshouse Press 2005; US$ 63.95This book offers an intelligent and thought-provoking analysis of the genealogy of Third World 'development'. Beard identifies the concept of development within western culture as a symptom of loss within the desire for completion. The logic behind the economic restructuring of nations as underdeveloped is revealed as that ruthless imaginary by which First World nations maintain their ideal of themselves as an ideal. more...
International Lawby Malcolm N. Shaw
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 57.00The fifth edition of this leading text remains an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the subject for students and practitioners alike. Latest developments in the field are incorporated, including a new chapter on Inter-state Courts and Tribunals as well as fully updated information on international laws and institutions. more...









