Cases & Materials on International Law is a topical and engaging companion for study, offering broad coverage on public international law and placing disputes directly within the context of contemporary debate. The book contains the essential cases and materials that students need in order to fully understand and analyse the international legal system, drawing on a truly global range of jurisdictions and sources. Expert author commentary and notes place selected extracts within the wider legal framework and explain the complexities of the principles of law to students.

The sixth edition includes expanded discussion of developing areas, including UN resolutions on climate change and international environmental law, new material from the International Law Commission, and coverage of major events, such as the annexation of Crimea, the legal context for Scottish independence and the UK's exit from the European Union, and the United Nations Security Council's Resolution on Malaysia Airlines MH17.

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Features of the new edition:

• Comprehensive and relevant coverage ensures this cases and materials book can be used for a range of courses and approaches to the subject
• Commentary and supplementary notes help the student appreciate the implications of the materials presented and engage critically with the complexities of the law
• Adopts a truly international perspective on the law across borders, including examination of non-Western and feminist viewpoints
• Suitable as an accompaniment to a core textbook or for use as a standalone resource

New to this edition

• New extracts and commentary relating to legal personality, including the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the 2014 referendum for Scottish independence
• Commentary on the United Nations Security Council's Resolution on the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukranian airspace in relation to sovereignty over territory
• Discussion of recent developments in the relationships between international law and domestic law, including the United Kingdom's legal arrangements with the European Union
• Coverage of recent developments in international environmental law, including the Joint Statement of the United Nations Special Procedures on 'Climate Change and Human Rights', the UN's Resolution for Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2015
• Clarification on the importance of understanding the sources of international law, including customary international and the ICJ's methodology for determining the content, scope, and application of rules
• New material from the International Law Commission, including the Second Report on the Provisional Application of Treaties (2014), the Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties (2011), Draft Articles on the Effects of Armed Conflicts on Treaties (2011), and the Preliminary Report on the Protection of the Environment in relation to Armed Conflicts (2014)
• The inclusion of new extracts and commentary relating to international human rights, state responsibility, international criminal law, and the law of the sea

1: The nature of the international legal system
2: The sources of international law
3: The law of treaties
4: International law and domestic law
5: Personality and recognition
6: International human rights law
7: Sovereignty over territory
8: Jurisdictional sovereignty
9: Immunities from national jurisdiction
10: Law of the sea
11: State responsibility
12: International environmental law
13: International economic law
14: International criminal law
15: The use of force, collective security and peacekeeping
16: Peaceful settlement of international disputes
Appendix

Martin Dixon, Professor of the Law of Real Property and Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge & Visiting Professor of Law, City University, London

Robert McCorquodale, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Nottingham

Sarah Williams, Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia