Aspen Treatise for International Law by Mark Weston Janis -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Half Title Page Editorial Advisors Title Page Copyright Page About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Solutions U.S. Dedication Page Summary of Contents Contents Preface Chapter 1 - The Nature of International Law

A. The History of International Law B. The Rules of International Law C. The Process of International Law

Chapter 2 - Treaties

A. Treaties as International Law B. The Law of Treaties

1. The Making of Treaties 2. The Effect of Treaties 3. The Amendment, Invalidity, and Termination of Treaties

Chapter 3 - Custom and Other Sources of International Law

A. Customary International Law

1. Custom as International Law 2. The Art of Customary International Law 3. The Evidences of International Law 4. The Resolutions and Recommendations of International Organizations 5. “Soft Law” 6. The Inelegance of Customary International Law

B. Nonconsensual Sources of International Law

1. General Principles of Law 2. Natural Law 3. Jus Cogens

C. Equity and International Law

1. Equity as a Form of Judicial Discretion 2. Equity as a Form of Distributive Justice

D. The Role of Judges and Publicists

Chapter 4 - International Law and Municipal Law

A. Dualism and Monism B. Treaties in Municipal Law

1. Treaties in U.S. Law 2. Treaties in the Law of Some Other States

C. Customary International Law in Municipal Law

1. The Law of Nations as Common Law 2. Constitutions and General International Law

D. Foreign Relations Law E. International Law and the Interpretation of U.S. Law

Chapter 5 - The International Court

A. Public International Arbitration B. The Foundations of the International Court C. The Roles of the International Court

1. The Record of the International Court 2. The International Court as Arbiter 3. The Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court 4. The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court 5. The International Court and the Development of International Law

D. The Reform of the International Court

1. Preliminary Rulings 2. Chambers

E. The Proliferation of International Courts

Chapter 6 - States and International Law

A. Sovereignty and International Law

1. Hobbes and the Sovereign State 2. Grotius and the Law of War and Peace

B. Law and War

1. The Development of the Laws of War 2. Great Wars and Futile Laws 3. Arms Control and Disarmament 4. International Humanitarian Law

C. The State and International Relations

1. States as Subjects of International Law 2. The Rights and Duties of States 3. State Responsibility 4. Self-Defense, Intervention, and Preemptive War 5. The Territory of States 6. The Recognition and Succession of States and Governments 7. Non-State Actors

Chapter 7 - International Organizations and Regimes

A. International Organizations

1. International Organizations as Subjects of International Law 2. The League of Nations 3. The United Nations

B. International Regimes

1. The Law of the Sea 2. Air Law, Space Law, Antarctica, and the Arctic 3. International Environmental Law

Chapter 8 - Individuals and International Law

A. Individuals as Objects and Subjects of International Law

1. The Positivist Transformation of the Law of Nations 2. State Protection of and Responsibility for Individuals

B. International Human Rights Law

1. Human Rights and Natural Law 2. The Nuremberg Trial and Universal Human Rights Law 3. European Human Rights Law 4. Inter-American Human Rights Law 5. The International Criminal Courts

Chapter 9 - International Law and the International Economy

A. The Transnational Law of Trade and Commerce

1. International Commercial Law 2. International Trade Law

B. European Union Law

1. The European Union 2. The European Court of Justice 3. European Union Law as International Law

C. International Commercial Arbitration

1. The Character of International Commercial Arbitration 2. International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration 3. Other International Arbitral Centers

Chapter 10 - International Conflict of Laws

A. Principles of Jurisdiction

1. The Territorial Principle 2. The Nationality Principle 3. The Effects Principle 4. Other Principles of Jurisdiction

B. Judicial Conflicts and Cooperation

1. Comity, Constitutional Limits, and Forum Non Conveniens 2. International Legal Limits to State Jurisdiction 3. Foreign Judgments and Awards 4. Judicial Assistance and Extradition

C. Immunities to Jurisdiction

1. Foreign Sovereign Immunity 2. The Act of State Doctrine 3. Diplomatic and Consular Immunities

Table of Municipal Constitutions and Statutes Table of Treaties Table of Cases Index

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