Public International Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Conservation and Sustainable Development

   Linking Practice and Policy in Eastern Africa

   Edited by Jonathan Davies

   Series: Earthscan Conservation and Development

   The links between policy and practice in natural resource management are often depicted as a cyclical and rational process. In reality, policymaking and implementation are often irrational, unpredictable and highly political. Many science and knowledge-based institutions undertake rigorous research...

   Published May 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. International Law, Regulation and Resistance

   Critical Spaces

   By Zoe Pearson

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   International Law, Regulation and Resistance presents a critique of international law through an interdisciplinary analysis and engagement with the emerging literature from critical legal geography. The book draws upon existing critiques of international law to examine how different spaces affect...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Reforming the UN Security Council Membership

   The illusion of representativeness

   By Sabine Hassler

   Series: Routledge Research in International Law

   There have been many calls for changes to the membership of the United Nations Security Council over the past fifty years, and the Council is now, more than ever, seen as out of step with current realities. The continuing failure to reflect changing realities directly affects the perception of...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Oil and Gas in the Disputed Kurdish Territories

   Jurisprudence, Regional Minorities and Natural Resources in a Federal System

   By Rex J. Zedalis

   This book examines the historical and contextual background to the oil and gas resources in the Kurdish territories, placing particular emphasis on the reserves situated in the disputed provinces. The volume is singularly unique in focusing on an examination of the rules reflected in both the...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Water and Sanitation Services

   Public Policy and Management

   Edited by Jose Esteban Castro, Leo Heller

   Substantially reducing the number of human beings who lack access to clean water and safe sanitation is one of the key Millennium Development Goals. This book argues and demonstrates that this can only be achieved by a better integration of the technical and social science approaches in the search...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Right to Development in International Law

   The Case of Pakistan

   By Khurshid Iqbal

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan. The volume draws on a wide range of...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Global Health and Human Rights

   Legal and Philosophical Perspectives

   Edited by John Harrington, Maria Stuttaford

   Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law

   The right to health, having been previously neglected is now being deployed more and more often in litigation, activism and policy-making across the world. International bodies such as the WHO, UNAIDS, World Bank and WTO are increasingly using or being evaluated with reference to health rights, and...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
9. Ecological Public Health

   Reshaping the Conditions for Good Health

   By Geof Rayner, Tim Lang

   What is public health? To some, it is about drains, water, food and housing, all requiring engineering and expert management. To others, it is the State using medicine or health education and tackling unhealthy lifestyles. This book argues that public health thinking needs an overhaul, a...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Resilient Participation

    Saving the Human Project?

    By Simon Bell, Stephen Morse

    Stakeholder or public participation has become something of a modern mantra employed in all sorts of contexts to give people a voice. There are many variants on this 'participation' but traditionally they all share a desire to maximise involvement and provide desired 'outputs' of a required quality...

    Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge