An introduction to contemporary international law a policy-oriented perspective / Lung-chu Chen.

Author/creator Chen, Lung-chu
Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxxix, 641 pages ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents International law in a policy-oriented perspective -- Nation-states -- International governmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations and associations -- The individual -- Minimum order and optimum order -- Establishment of and access to arenas of authority -- Control over territory -- Control and use of the sea -- Control and use of other resources -- Control of people : nationality and movement -- Protection of people : from alien rights to human rights -- Vertical allocation of authority -- Horizontal allocation of authority -- The diplomatic instrument -- International agreements -- The ideological instrument -- The economic instrument -- The military instrument -- The intelligence function -- The promoting function -- The prescribing (lawmaking) function -- The invoking function -- The applying function -- The terminating function -- The appraising function -- Succession of states -- Responsibility of states -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Toward a world community of human dignity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 553-596) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014026011
ISBN9780190227982 (hardback) : alk. paper)
ISBN9780190227999 (pbk.) : alk. paper)

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