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Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law

Ninth Edition

James Crawford

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9780198737445
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17 Jul 2019
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Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law has been shaping the study and application of international law for over 50 years. Serving as a single-volume introduction to the field as a whole, the book is one of the classic treatises on international law, now fully updated to order to take account of recent developments. It includes extensive references in order to provide a solid foundation for further research.

Authored by James Crawford, the ninth edition further secures the work as the essential international law text for students and practitioners.

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New to this Edition

  • Decisions of the International Court (e.g. Whaling in the Antarctic; the Marshall Islands cases; Peru v Chile; Somalia v Kenya; Costa Rica v Nicaragua; Bolivia v Chile)
  • Recent decisions on the law of the sea and the status of islands (Arctic Sunrise; Croatia/Slovenia; South China Sea; Bangladesh/India; Ghana/Ivory Coast; Timor Leste/Australia (Conciliation))
  • Decisions of senior national courts in the US (e.g. Bank Markazi v Peterson; Daimler AG v Bauman; Jesner v Arab Bank; Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum), the UK (e.g. Al-Saadoon v SSD; Belhaj v Straw; Freedom and Justice Party; Rahmatullah; Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union; Benkharbouche v Sudan), the Netherlands (Mothers of Srebrenica; Urgenda Foundation), the Russian Federation (Anchukov & Gladkov v Russia) and elsewhere
  • Recent ILC work (including Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law, and Subsequent Practice in relation to the Interpretation of Treaties)
  • Plus, discussion of developments in the fields of climate change, diplomatic asylum (the Assange stand-off), international criminal law and the ICC, immunities of senior state officials, investment arbitration, corporate social responsibility, and the use of force by and against non-state actors.

Part I: Preliminary Topics

1. Introduction

2. The Sources of International Law

3. The Relations of International and National Law

Part II: Personality and Recognition

4. Subjects of International Law

5. Creation and Incidence of Statehood

6. Recognition of States and Governments

7. International Organizations

Part III: Territorial Sovereignty

8. Forms of Governmental Authority Over Territory

9. Acquisition and Transfer of Territorial Sovereignty

10. Status of Territory: Further Problems

Part IV: Law of the Sea

11. The Territorial Sea and Other Maritime Zones

12. Maritime Delimitation and Associated Questions

13. Maritime Transit and the Regime of the High Seas

Part V: The Environment and Natural Resources

14. Common Spaces and Co-Operation in the Use of Natural Resources

15. Legal Aspects of the Protection of the Environment

Part VI: International Transactions

16. The Law of Treaties

17. Diplomatic and Consular Relations

18. Unilateral Acts, Acquiescence, and Estoppel

19. Succession to Rights and Duties

Part VII: State Jurisdiction

20. Sovereignty and Equality of States

21. Jurisdictional Competence

22. Privileges and Immunities of Foreign States

Part VIII: Nationality and Related Concepts

23. The Relations of Nationality

24. Nationality of Corporations and Assets

Part IX: The Law of Responsibility

25. The Conditions for International Responsibility

26. Consequences of an Internationally Wrongful Act

27. Multilateral Public Order and Issues of Responsibility

Part X: The Protection of Individuals and Groups

28. The International Minimum Standard: Diplomatic Protection and Protection of Investments

29. International Human Rights

30. International Criminal Justice

Part XI: Disputes

31. The Claims Process

32. Third-Party Settlement of International Disputes

33. Use of Threat of Force by States

James Crawford – Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge

James Crawford, SC, FBA, is a Judge of the International Court of Justice and formerly Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2010 he was awarded the Nessim Habif World Prize by the University of Geneva and in 2012 the Hudson Medal by the American Society of International Law.