International Law - Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Jon Unruh, Rhodri Williams

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority,...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Ethnic Cleansing

   A Legal Qualification

   By Clotilde Pegorier

   This book confronts the problem of the legal uncertainty surrounding the definition and classification of ethnic cleansing, exploring whether the use of the term ethnic cleansing constitutes a valuable contribution to legal understanding and praxis. The premise underlying this book is that acts of...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Climate Change Negotiations

   A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating Multilateral Cooperation

   Edited by Gunnar Sjöstedt, Ariel Macaspac Penetrante

   As the Kyoto Protocol limps along without the participation of the US and Australia, on-going climate negotiations are plagued by competing national and business interests that are creating stumbling blocks to success. Climate Change Negotiations: A Guide to Resolving Disputes and Facilitating...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
4. Food Policy in the United States

   An Introduction

   By Parke Wilde

   Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

   This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
5. Global Criminology

   Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era

   Edited by K. Jaishankar, Natti Ronel

   Global criminology is an emerging field covering international and transnational crimes that have not traditionally been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. Global Criminology: Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era is a collection of rigorously peer-reviewed papers...

   Published March 24th 2013 by CRC Press
6. The Promise and Perils of Transnationalization

   NGO Activism and the Socialization of Women’s Human Rights in Egypt and Iran

   By Benjamin Stachursky

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   To date, most constructivist international relations studies have characterized the influence of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism as uniformly positive. In particular, transnational interactions are viewed as positive factors for the development and daily impact of gender activism....

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
7. The United Nations Human Rights Council

   A critique and early assessment

   By Rosa Freedman

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The United Nations Human Rights Council was created in 2006 to replace the UN Commission on Human Rights. The Council’s mandate and founding principles demonstrate that one of the main aims, at its creation, was for the Council to overcome the Commission’s flaws. Despite the need to avoid repeating...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
8. Yearbook of International Cooperation on Environment and Development 1999-2000

   By Helge Ole Bergesen, Georg Parmann, Oystein B. Thommessen

   Series: International Environmental Governance Set

   List of Contents ? Current Issues and Key Themes ? Agreements on Environment and Development Systematically listed key data and illustrations concerning the most important international agreements presented on the basis of information from the organizations in question and other sources, covering...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Changing Role of Nationality in International Law

   Edited by Serena Forlati, Alessandra Annoni

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   The book explores the current role of nationality from the point of view of international law, reassessing the validity of the ‘classical’, state-centered, approach to nationality in light of the ‘new’ role the human being is gradually acquiring within the international legal order. In this...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Protecting the Atmosphere

    The Climate Change Convention and its context

    By Sten Nilsson, David Pitt

    Series: International Environmental Governance Set

    'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global warming and the resulting climate change present one of...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge