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Introduces the history and nature of international law, and examines the sources of international law-treatise, custom, general principles, jus cogens, and equity. Also covers important fields of international law: individuals and human rights; recognition and self-determination; war and peace and the United Nations; Antarctica, outer space, the law of the sea, and international environmental laws; and international conflict of laws, foreign sovereign immunity, and act of state.

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• Preface(p. iii)
• Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• Table of Maps and Figures(p. xxvii)
• Table of Treaties(p. xxix)
• Table of Cases(p. xxxvii)
• Chapter 1 The Nature of International Law(p. 1)
• A The History of International Law(p. 1)
• An Introduction to International Law(p. 1)
• B An International Law Sampler(p. 3)
• McCann v. United Kingdom(p. 3)
• Notes and Questions(p. 16)
• Filartiga v. Pena-Irala(p. 17)
• Notes and Questions(p. 24)
• Chapter 2 Treaties(p. 27)
• A The Sources of International Law(p. 27)
• Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38(p. 28)
• Notes and Questions(p. 28)
• B A Treaty Sampler(p. 29)
• The Treaty Between the Jews and the Romans (Circa 160 B.C.)(p. 29)
• Notes and Questions(p. 31)
• The Peace of Westphalia (1648)(p. 32)
• Notes and Questions(p. 34)
• The Treaty of Paris (1783)(p. 35)
• Notes and Questions(p. 39)
• The Cession of Alaska (1867)(p. 40)
• The Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)(p. 44)
• Notes and Questions(p. 46)
• The Memoirs of Cordell Hull(p. 47)
• The Hull-Lothian Agreement (1940)(p. 52)
• Notes and Questions(p. 54)
• C The Law of Treaties(p. 56)
• The Reservations to the Genocide Convention Case(p. 56)
• Notes and Questions(p. 61)
• Inc. v. Floyd(p. 64)
• Notes and Questions(p. 71)
• Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project(p. 74)
• Notes and Questions(p. 82)
• The Eastern Greenland Case(p. 84)
• Notes and Questions(p. 89)
• Chapter 3 Custom and the Non-Consensual Sources of International Law(p. 92)
• A Customary International Law(p. 92)
• The Paquete Habana(p. 92)
• Notes and Questions(p. 101)
• The Asylum Case(p. 102)
• Notes and Questions(p. 104)
• The Lotus Case(p. 104)
• Notes and Questions(p. 115)
• The Texaco/Libya Arbitration(p. 117)
• Notes and Questions(p. 126)
• B General Principles of Law(p. 128)
• The AM & S Case(p. 128)
• Notes and Questions(p. 136)
• C Natural Law and Jus Cogens(p. 138)
• United States v. Smith(p. 138)
• Notes and Questions(p. 141)
• "Forbidden Treaties in International Law"(p. 142)
• Notes and Questions(p. 146)
• Prosecutor v. Furundzija(p. 148)
• The Michael Domingues Case: Argument of the United States(p. 150)
• The Michael Domingues Case: Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights(p. 151)
• Notes and Questions(p. 152)
• D Equity(p. 154)
• The Cayuga Indians Case(p. 154)
• Notes and Questions(p. 158)
• The Meuse Case(p. 158)
• Notes and Questions(p. 161)
• The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases(p. 162)
• Notes and Questions(p. 176)
• Chapter 4 International Law and Municipal Law(p. 180)
• A Treaties and the Constitution(p. 180)
• Foster & Elam v. Neilson(p. 180)
• Notes and Questions(p. 182)
• Asakura v. City of Seattle(p. 183)
• Notes and Questions(p. 185)
• Sei Fujii v. California(p. 186)
• Notes and Questions(p. 189)
• Missouri v. Holland(p. 191)
• Notes and Questions(p. 193)
• Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council(p. 194)
• Notes and Questions(p. 201)
• Whitney v. Robertson(p. 202)
• Notes and Questions(p. 203)
• United States v. Belmont(p. 204)
• Notes and Questions(p. 207)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright(p. 208)
• Notes and Questions(p. 213)
• Dames & Moore v. Regan(p. 215)
• Notes and Questions(p. 222)
• B The Law of Nations in American Law(p. 226)
• Respublica v. De Longchamps(p. 227)
• Notes and Questions(p. 231)
• Amerada Hess v. Argentine Republic(p. 232)
• Notes and Questions(p. 234)
• United States v. Alvarez-Machain(p. 236)
• Notes and Questions(p. 242)
• Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain(p. 245)
• Notes and Questions(p. 260)
• Chapter 5 International Courts and Tribunals(p. 263)
• A Public International Arbitration(p. 263)
• "The Alabama Arbitration"(p. 264)
• "Accidents and Crises: The Dogger Bank Affair"(p. 266)
• The Dogger Bank Case(p. 270)
• Notes and Questions(p. 272)
• The Rainbow Warrior Case(p. 274)
• Notes and Questions(p. 280)
• B The International Court(p. 282)
• 1 The Jurisdiction of the International Court(p. 282)
• Statute of the International Court of Justice, Articles 36, 65(p. 283)
• Charter of the United Nations, Article 96(p. 284)
• 2 Contentious Cases at the International Court(p. 284)
• The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case(p. 284)
• Notes and Questions(p. 291)
• The Diplomatic and Consular Staff Case(p. 294)
• Notes and Questions(p. 308)
• Declaration of Malawi Recognizing the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the ICJ(p. 309)
• Notes and Questions(p. 310)
• 3 Advisory Opinions at the International Court(p. 311)
• Advisory Opinion on the Western Sahara(p. 312)
• Notes and Questions(p. 325)
• 4 Chambers at the International Court(p. 327)
• Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 26(p. 328)
• The ELSI Case(p. 328)
• Notes and Questions(p. 337)
• Chapter 6 Individuals and International Law(p. 339)
• A Individuals as Objects of International Law(p. 339)
• The Nottebohm Case(p. 340)
• Notes and Questions(p. 347)
• The Barcelona Traction Case(p. 350)
• Notes and Questions(p. 361)
• B Individuals as Subjects of International Law(p. 363)
• "Individuals as Subjects of International Law"(p. 363)
• Notes and Questions(p. 367)
• C International Human Rights Law(p. 368)
• 1 Human Rights and Municipal Law(p. 368)
• 2 The Nuremberg Judgment(p. 369)
• The Nuremberg Judgment(p. 370)
• Notes and Questions(p. 376)
• 3 Human Rights and the United Nations(p. 377)
• "The Normative and Institutional Evolution of International Human Rights"(p. 378)
• Damian Thomas v. Jamaica(p. 381)
• "Jamaica Withdraws the Right of Individual Petition Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights"(p. 384)
• Notes and Questions(p. 386)
• D European Human Rights Law(p. 388)
• The Sunday Times Case(p. 390)
• Notes and Questions(p. 400)
• The Soering Case(p. 403)
• Notes and Questions(p. 417)
• E International Criminal Law(p. 418)
• "The New International Criminal Court: An Uneasy Revolution"(p. 418)
• Notes and Questions(p. 420)
• Chapter 7 States and International Law(p. 424)
• A The Sovereign State(p. 424)
• The Law of Nations(p. 424)
• Notes and Questions(p. 426)
• The Montevideo Convention(p. 428)
• Notes and Questions(p. 429)
• B The Recognition and Succession of States and Governments(p. 433)
• The Tinoco Arbitration(p. 434)
• Notes and Questions(p. 441)
• Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus v. Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.(p. 443)
• Notes and Questions(p. 451)
• Kadic v. Karadzic(p. 453)
• Notes and Questions(p. 455)
• Republic of Croatia et al. v. Girocredit Bank A.G. der Sparkassen(p. 457)
• Notes and Questions(p. 461)
• Chapter 8 International Organizations, Peoples, and Nongovernmental Organizations(p. 465)
• A International Organizations(p. 465)
• 1 An Overview of International Organizations(p. 466)
• An Introduction to International Law(p. 466)
• "A Job Well Done: The Founding of the United Nations Revisited"(p. 468)
• Notes and Questions(p. 472)
• 2 International Personality(p. 474)
• The Reparation Case(p. 474)
• Notes and Questions(p. 481)
• B Self-Determination and Peoples(p. 484)
• Report of the International Committee of Jurists on the Legal Aspects of the Aaland Islands Question(p. 484)
• Notes and Questions(p. 489)
• Reference Re Secession of Quebec(p. 492)
• Notes and Questions(p. 499)
• C Nongovernmental Organizations(p. 503)
• "The ICRC'S Status: In a Class of Its Own"(p. 503)
• Protocol Additional (No. I) to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, Articles 5, 81(p. 505)
• Notes and Questions(p. 506)
• "The Environment, Community and International Law"(p. 507)
• Notes and Questions(p. 510)
• Chapter 9 International Law and the Use of Force(p. 513)
• A Jus in Bello(p. 513)
• "The Humanization of Humanitarian Law"(p. 514)
• Notes and Questions(p. 518)
• "The Military Lawyer: Nuisance or Necessity?"(p. 520)
• Notes and Questions(p. 526)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld(p. 528)
• Notes and Questions(p. 530)
• Prosecutor v. Tadic(p. 534)
• Notes and Questions(p. 537)
• B Traditional Limits on Resort to Force(p. 538)
• The Naulilaa Case(p. 539)
• Notes and Questions(p. 542)
• The Caroline Dispute(p. 544)
• Notes and Questions(p. 545)
• C Article 2(4) and the Use of Force by States(p. 547)
• United Nations Charter, Articles 2(4), 51(p. 547)
• "The Use of Force: Law and U.S. Policy"(p. 548)
• "Criteria for the Lawful Use of Force in International Law"(p. 554)
• Notes and Questions(p. 557)
• Note: The Nicaragua Case(p. 558)
• "Lawful Self-Defense to Terrorism"(p. 563)
• Notes and Questions(p. 567)
• The National Security Strategy of the United States of America(p. 568)
• A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility(p. 569)
• Notes and Questions(p. 570)
• D The United Nations and the Use of Force(p. 571)
• 1 The United Nations and Peacekeeping(p. 572)
• Nation Against Nation(p. 572)
• Notes and Questions(p. 575)
• The Certain Expenses Case(p. 576)
• Notes and Questions(p. 577)
• 2 The Security Council and Iraq's 1990 Invasion of Kuwait(p. 580)
• Security Council Resolution 678(p. 581)
• "UN Police Action in Lieu of War: 'The Old Order Changeth'"(p. 582)
• "Until What? Enforcement Action or Collective Self-Defense?"(p. 584)
• Notes and Questions(p. 586)
• Security Council Resolution 687(p. 587)
• Notes and Questions(p. 588)
• 3 The United Nations, Regional Organizations, and Kosovo(p. 590)
• Supplement to an Agenda for Peace(p. 590)
• North Atlantic Treaty(p. 591)
• Notes and Questions(p. 592)
• "NATO's Decisionmaking Towards Air Strikes on Kosovo"(p. 593)
• Notes and Questions(p. 596)
• 4 The Security Council and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq(p. 599)
• Security Council Resolution 1441(p. 599)
• Notes and Questions(p. 602)
• Statement by British Attorney General Lord Goldsmith(p. 603)
• Notes and Questions(p. 604)
• "Assessing the Legality of Invading Iraq"(p. 605)
• Notes and Questions(p. 609)
• 5 The United Nations: Future Challenges and Proposals for Change(p. 610)
• "The Security Council Starts Legislating"(p. 610)
• Notes and Questions(p. 613)
• A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility(p. 616)
• Notes and Questions(p. 620)
• Chapter 10 International Law, the Environment, and Common Spaces(p. 622)
• A State Responsibility and the Development of International Environmental Law(p. 622)
• The Trail Smelter Case(p. 623)
• Notes and Questions(p. 629)
• Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment(p. 632)
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development(p. 632)
• Notes and Questions(p. 633)
• Request for an Examination of the Situation in the Nuclear Tests Case(p. 635)
• Notes and Questions(p. 641)
• B Treaty Regimes and the Protection of the Environment(p. 642)
• "Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer and the Structure of International Environmental Lawmaking"(p. 643)
• Notes and Questions(p. 651)
• The Shrimp-Turtle Case(p. 654)
• Notes and Questions(p. 664)
• C International Common Spaces(p. 667)
• 1 Antarctica(p. 667)
• The Antarctic Treaty(p. 668)
• Notes and Questions(p. 672)
• United Nations General Assembly Debates on Antarctica(p. 675)
• Notes and Questions(p. 680)
• Note: The Antarctic Environment and Mineral Resources(p. 682)
• 2 Outer Space(p. 684)
• Chapter 11 The Law of the Sea(p. 688)
• A The High Seas(p. 689)
• The Freedom of the Seas (1633)(p. 689)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 86-90, 301(p. 692)
• Notes and Questions(p. 694)
• B Vessels(p. 695)
• Case of the Muscat Dhows(p. 696)
• Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas(p. 698)
• Notes and Questions(p. 701)
• The M/V "Saiga" (No. 2)(p. 704)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 94(p. 707)
• Notes and Questions(p. 708)
• C The Continental Shelf, Fisheries Zones, and the Exclusive Economic Zone(p. 711)
• The Truman Proclamation(p. 711)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 77-78(p. 713)
• Notes and Questions(p. 714)
• The Fisheries Jurisdiction Case(p. 717)
• Notes and Questions(p. 723)
• Note: UNCLOS III Negotiations Concerning the Exclusive Economic Zone(p. 725)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 55-59, 121(p. 726)
• The "La Bretagne" Case(p. 728)
• Notes and Questions(p. 731)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 63(2), 116-119(p. 734)
• "Global Solution Must be Found to Problems of Management, Conservation, Chairman Tells Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks Conference"(p. 735)
• Notes and Questions(p. 738)
• D The Territorial Sea and Straits(p. 741)
• Regina v. Keyn(p. 741)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 27(p. 744)
• Notes and Questions(p. 745)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 17, 19-21, 24-25(p. 747)
• "Transit Passage and Overflight in International Straits"(p. 749)
• Notes and Questions(p. 755)
• E The Deep Seabed(p. 758)
• The Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction(p. 759)
• Notes and Questions(p. 761)
• Chapter 12 International Conflict of Laws(p. 767)
• A The Principles of Jurisdiction(p. 767)
• 1 The Territorial Principle(p. 768)
• American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.(p. 768)
• Notes and Questions(p. 770)
• 2 The Nationality Principle(p. 772)
• Blackmer v. United States(p. 772)
• Notes and Questions(p. 774)
• 3 The Effects Principle(p. 774)
• United States v. Aluminum Co. of America(p. 774)
• Notes and Questions(p. 778)
• 4 Other Principles of Jurisdiction(p. 779)
• Notes and Questions(p. 780)
• B Resolving Conflicts of Jurisdiction(p. 781)
• 1 Party Choice(p. 781)
• The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.(p. 781)
• Notes and Questions(p. 787)
• Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.(p. 789)
• Notes and Questions(p. 794)
• 2 The Balancing Test(p. 797)
• Timberlane Lumber Co. v. Bank of America(p. 797)
• Notes and Questions(p. 801)
• 3 International Comity(p. 802)
• Hilton v. Guyot(p. 802)
• Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California(p. 803)
• Notes and Questions(p. 811)
• 4 Forum Non Conveniens(p. 814)
• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno(p. 814)
• Notes and Questions(p. 821)
• "The Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens and the Bhopal Case"(p. 824)
• Notes and Questions(p. 828)
• C Foreign Sovereign Immunity(p. 830)
• The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon(p. 830)
• Notes and Questions(p. 833)
• Victory Transport, Inc. v. Comisaria General(p. 834)
• Notes and Questions(p. 838)
• The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976(p. 839)
• Notes and Questions(p. 842)
• Texas Trading & Milling Corp. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria(p. 843)
• Notes and Questions(p. 848)
• Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.(p. 851)
• Notes and Questions(p. 856)
• D The Act of State Doctrine(p. 859)
• Underhill v. Hernandez(p. 860)
• Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino(p. 862)
• Notes and Questions(p. 868)
• W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp. International(p. 870)
• Notes and Questions(p. 875)
• Appendix
• Constitution of the United States of America(p. 877)
• Charter of the United Nations(p. 881)
• Statute of the International Court of Justice(p. 907)
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights(p. 921)
• Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties(p. 926)
• Index(p. 955)