<p> The ideal companion to any International Law casebook, or to casebooks on International Human Rights Law, International Business Transactions, or International Environmental Law. </p> <p> <b>The Fifth Edition offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>a clear and accessible writing style</b> </li> <li> <b>broad coverage of public international issues</b>, complemented by some discussion of salient Constitutional Law and International Business Law topics </li> <li> <b>a logical organization that poses three broad questions:</b> <ul> <li> What are the international legal rules? </li> <li> What is the international legal process? </li> <li> What role does international law play in international relations? </li> </ul> </li> <li> <b>an authoritative resource in a comprehensible context</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>Thoroughly updated to reflect current International Law, the Fifth Edition covers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> the <b>Sosa Case</b> on <b>The Alien Tort Statute</b>, cases on <b>the Geneva Conventions</b> and other <b>U.S. Supreme Court cases</b> deciding on issues of international import </li> <li> <b>the rapidly expanding jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights</b> and other new developments in <b>International Human Rights Law </b> </li> <li> <b>the Preemptive-War Doctrine</b> and new problems and prospects in the law of war </li> <li> <b>the Precautionary Principle in International Environmental Law</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>International Law, Fifth Edition</b>, continues to live up to its excellent reputation as a clear, accurate, and timely overview of International Law. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

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