John F. Murphy

The Evolving Dimensions of International Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines developments in sources of public international law and examines how it has become increasingly dysfunctional in dealing with the problems facing the world community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780521709231
• ISBN-10: 0521709237
• Artikelnr.: 28524072

Autorenporträt

John F. Murphy is Professor of International Law and Business in the Villanova University School of Law, Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of numerous books and monographs, the most recent of which is The United States and the Rule of Law in International Affairs (Cambridge University Press, 2004). He has also written more than 136 articles, comments, and reviews, which have appeared in such publications as The American Journal of International Law, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, The Israel Yearbook of Human Rights, The Tulane Law Review, the Los Angeles Times, and the Baltimore Sun. His book The Regulation of International Business and Economic Relations (co-authored with Alan C. Swan) won a Certificate of Merit from the American Society of International Law in 1992.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The multifaceted nature of international law
2. International institutions
3. Who shall enforce the peace?
4. The law of armed conflict
5. Arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation and safeguards
6. Human rights
7. International environmental issues
8. Causes of the present malaise, concluding observations and a prognosis.