International Law

A stellar line-up of authors, drawn from those actively involved in the teaching and practice of international law, offers authoritative and stimulating perspectives on the subject
Provides wide-ranging analysis of all the key issues and themes in public international law to fully reflect its breadth and diversity
Accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners
The entire volume has been carefully edited by Malcolm Evans to ensure a consistent approach throughout

New to this edition

New chapters on 'International investment law' by Professor Surya Subedi and 'International protection of Human Rights' by Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
ILC Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations
ICJ decisions in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy), Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v Senegal) and Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v Colombia)
ICC judgments in Prosecutor v Lubanga and Prosecutor v Ngudjolo Chui
ECHR judgments in Al-Skeini and Others v the United Kingdom, Al-Jedda v the United Kingdom, Hirsi Jamaa v Italy, Nada v Switzerland
Domestic court judgments including Democratic Republic of Congo and others v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC

Evans' International Law provides wide-ranging analysis of all the key issues and themes in public international law and brings together an outstanding collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading scholars in the field.

The fourth edition succeeds both in explaining the principles of international law and exposing the debates and challenges that underlie it. Now fully revised and updated, it continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating overview of this increasingly important subject; revealing international law in its full diversity.

International Law is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent international law practitioners.

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in public international law. This is also suitable as a supplementary text for those following courses in politics and international relations and is a key source of reference for practitioners and academics in this area.

Part I. The History and Theory of International Law
1: Stephen C Neff: A short history of international law
2: Martti Koskenniemi: What is international law for?
3: Iain Scobbie: A view of Delft: Some thoughts about thinking about international law

Part II. The structure of international legal obligation
4: Hugh Thirlway: The sources of international law
5: Alan Boyle: Soft law in international law-making
6: Dinah Shelton: International law and 'relative normality'
7: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: The practical working of the law of treaties

Part III. The subjects of the international legal order
8: Matthew Craven: Statehood self-determination, and recognition
9: Dapo Akande: International organizations
10: Robert McCorquodale: The individual and the international legal system

Part IV. The scope of sovereignty
11: Christopher Staker: Jurisdiction
12: Hazel Fox: International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states
13: Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations
14: Eileen Denza: The relationship between international and national law

Part V. Responsibility
15: James Crawford and Simon Olleson: The nature and forms of international responsibility
16: Phoebe Okowa: Issues of admissibility and the law on international responsibility
17: Spencer Zifcak: Responsibility to protect

Part VI. Responding to breaches of international obligations
18: Nigel White and Ademola Abass: Countermeasures and sanctions
19: John Merrills: The means of dispute settlement
20: Hugh Thirlway: The international court of justice
21: Christine Gray: The use of force and the international legal order

Part VII. The application of international law
22: Malcolm Evans: The law of the sea
23: Catherine Redgwell: International environmental law
24: Surya Subedi: International investment law
25: Robert Cryer: International criminal law
26: Nigel Rodley: International human rights law
27: David Turns: The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law)