Law among nations : an introduction to public international law

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Law among nations : an introduction to public international law

Gerhard von Glahn

Macmillan , Collier Macmillan, c1986

5th ed

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

This introduction to public international law covers such areas as the Law of Nations, subjects of international law, the law and the individual, international transactions and armed conflicts.

Table of Contents

  • Part I The law of nations: the nature of international law
  • sources of international law
  • relation between international law and municipal law. Part II Subjects of international law: development of law among nations
  • the community of nations
  • recognition of states and governments
  • loss of international personality (state extinction, state succession)
  • rights of international legal persons
  • duties of states. Part III The law and the individual: individuals under law
  • jurisdiction over persons
  • responsibilities of states for protection of resident aliens
  • extradition
  • international criminal law. Part IV Territorial questions: title to territory
  • national boundaries
  • the high seas
  • jurisdiction over the national vessels
  • jurisdiction over national air and outer space. Part V International transactions: agents of international intercourse
  • international agreements
  • peaceful settlement disputes
  • self-help short of war. Part VI Armed conflicts: legal nature of war today
  • laws of war
  • modern war - commencement, effects, termination
  • laws of conflicts on land and in the air
  • belligerent occupation
  • laws of war at sea
  • neutrality
  • war crimes.

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  • NCID
    BA0035276X
  • ISBN
    • 0024231703
  • LCCN
    85000289
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York,London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 822 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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