Hugh Thirlway

The Sources of International Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of Hugh Thirlway's Sources of International Law provides an ideal introduction for anyone needing to better understand where international law comes from. It looks at modern and controversial sources, as well as the traditional areas of treaties and custom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 168mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780198841814
• ISBN-10: 0198841817
• Artikelnr.: 56354521

Autorenporträt

Hugh Thirlway was Principal Legal Secretary to the International Court of Justice from 1989 to 1994, and has since been Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Visiting Professor at Bristol University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden.

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Nature of International Law and the Concept of Sources
2: Treaties and Conventions as a Source of Law
3: Custom as a Source of International Law
4: General Principles of Law as a Source of Law
5: The Subsidiary Sources
6: Interaction or Hierarchy between Sources
7: Specialities: Jus Cogens, Obligations Erga Omnes, Soft Law
8: Subsystems of International Law
9: Some Alternative Approaches
10: Conclusion