12th Edition

Law Among Nations An Introduction to Public International Law

    684 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    684 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries, Law Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field’s development and stressing key principles, processes, and landmark cases.

    This comprehensive text eliminates the need for multiple books by combining discussions of theory and state practice with excerpts from landmark cases. The book has been updated in light of the continuing revolution in communication technology; the dense web of linkages between countries that involve individuals and bodies both formal and informal; and important and controversial areas such as human rights, the environment, and issues associated with the use of force.

    Renowned for its rigorous approach and clear explanations, Law Among Nations remains the gold standard for undergraduate introductions to international law.

    New to the Twelfth Edition

    • Added or expanded coverage of timely issues in international law:
      • Drones and their use in the air and in space
      • Outer space
      • Cybercrime and responses
      • The Julian Assange Case
      • Environmental law
      • Expanded discussion of space law
      • Expanded discussion of conflict and non-state actors
      • Final cases in the ICTY

     

    • Thoroughly rewritten chapters on areas of great change:
      • International Criminal Law
      • Just War and War Crime Law
      • International Economic Law (newly restored in response to reviews)
      • International Environmental Law

    • New cases, statutes, and treaties on many subjects

    Preface   

    Acknowledgments   

    Abbreviations   

    PART I   THE LAW OF NATIONS

    CHAPTER 1    The Nature of International Law  

    CHAPTER 2    Development of Law Among Nations

    CHAPTER 3    Sources of the Law

    CHAPTER 4    International Agreements

    CHAPTER 5    International Legal Process   

    CHAPTER 6    The Relationship Between International and Municipal Law

    PART II   SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

    CHAPTER 7    Subjects of International Law: Recognition   

    CHAPTER 8    Rights and Duties of International Legal Persons  

    PART III   THE ALLOCATION OF COMPETENCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

    CHAPTER 9    Nationality   

    CHAPTER 10  Principles of Jurisdiction

    CHAPTER 11  State Responsibility

    CHAPTER 12  The Law of the Sea

    CHAPTER 13  Jurisdiction: Air Space, Cyberspace, and Outer Space

    CHAPTER 14  Agents of International Intercourse Immunities

    PART IV   INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE INDIVIDUAL

    CHAPTER 15  The Individual and International Law: Human Rights  

    CHAPTER 16  International Criminal Law

    PART V   PROCESSS AND ISSUES

    CHAPTER 17  Adjudication

    CHAPTER 18  International Law and Protection of the Environment

    CHAPTER 19        International Economic Law 

    PART VI   LAW AND THE USE OF FORCE

    CHAPTER 20           Law and the Use of Force

    CHAPTER 21   International Humanitarian Law: War Crimes

    CHAPTER 22  War Crime Tribunals   

    Subject and Name Index

    Index of Cases

    Biography

    James Larry Taulbee is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Emory University.

    Gerhard von Glahn (late) was Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

    Praise for Law Among Nations

    Thorough, insightful, informative, and readable, Law Among Nations is the gold standard for international law textbooks. This text includes a brilliant compilation of legal material, and is essential reading for students of international law at all levels.

    Jeffrey S. Morton, Florida Atlantic University

    I have used Law Among Nations for several years in undergraduate law and international relations classes and found that it works well for instructor and students alike. The coverage is comprehensive, including environmental law and economic law as well as the more traditional topics, with clear explanations of complex international law subjects. I am looking forward to using the new edition.

    David A. Gantz, University of Arizona

    Larry Taulbee has updated and improved this International Law text, which continues to be the very best summation of the legal approach. It allows nonlawyers to understand how the different states (countries), as well as non-state actors and even individuals, are regulated by the laws that most states follow most of the time, and the rules that persist even when those rules are ignored. Students are exposed to legal cases, but unlike a law school text, it provides clear explanations of the complicated rules that have emerged over centuries but continue to become more complicated and relevant to everyone everywhere, whether or not they realize it.

    Henry Frank Carey, Georgia State University