Thoroughly updated to keep pace with the many new developments in international law, the Fifth Edition of this popular casebook covers the core topics, basic doctrines, and a broad range of foreign policy issues relevant to the contemporary public international law course. Proven in the classroom, clearly organized, and with a distinctively accessible style, International Law offers 
<li>a comprehensive and effective blend of current issues and materials with basic international law principles and concepts </li>
<li>a balanced combination of relevant cases, excerpts, notes, questions, and other interdisciplinary materials representing a variety of perspectives and disciplines </li>
<li>an analysis of the relationship between international and domestic law and public and private law </li>
<li>treatment of such substantive topics as International Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law, Human Rights, Environmental Law, and the Use of Force </li>
<li>a complete teaching package, including a Teacher¿s Manual and a biannual Document Supplement Reflecting the many recent developments in this area of the law, the Fifth Edition features: 
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<li>a new co-author, Allen S. Weiner, who brings extensive first-hand knowledge of international legal institutions </li>
<li>a new chapter on International Criminal Law that includes current materials on extradition and rendition, the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and torture, and the emergence of international tribunals, including the International Criminal Court </li>
<li>new cases, including Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon, Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, American Insurance Assoc. v. Garamendi, Republic of Austria v. Altmann, Case Concerning Israel¿s Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (International Court of Justice), and Prosecutor v. Krstic (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia) </li>
<li>an updated case study in Chapter 1 on the international law and policy implications of the September 11 attacks and the U.S. and world response to the attacks and to terrorism in general, with other materials on the war on terrorism throughout the book </li>
<li>expanded treatment of active areas of litigation, including the Alien Tort Statute and suits against foreign government officials and state agencies </li>
<li>an extensive updating of the European Union sections, including the implications of the addition of twelve new member states and the failure to pass the new Constitution </li>
<li>major revisions to the environmental law chapter that reflect the rapid developments in this area¿e.g., the Kyoto Protocol and efforts to combat global warming</li>

International Law

Carter, Barry E.

Trimble, Phillip R.

Weiner, Allen S.

Foreign & International Law

Aspen Law & Business

Distinctively accessible in organization and style, International Law offers an adroit selection of excerpted cases and documents, as well as notes, questions, and problems. Interdisciplinary materials introduce a variety of perspectives, such as economics and international relations theory. International Law is an effective blend of current issues and thinking alongside traditional theories and concepts. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Sixth Edition addresses major developments in international law and new issues and challenges arising from developments in the U.N., U.S., NATO, and other countries with respect to Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and North Korea. A leading casebook in its field, International Law also features: <ul>
<li> an effective overview of international law that lays the groundwork for the topics that follow </li> </ul>
 The Sixth Edition brings timely coverage and analysis of developing law: <ul>
<li>the U.N., NATO, and EU military intervention to protect civilians in Libya
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<li>new developments with respect to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Pakistan</li>
<li> international efforts to address global climate change and other international environmental matters </li> <li> updates to U.S. counter-terrorism policies regarding detention, torture, and rendition, including Boumediene v. Bush </li> <li> other recent Supreme Court decisions in Medellin v. Texas (treaties), Samantar v. Yousef (foreign official immunity), and Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank (extraterritorial jurisdiction) </li> <li> revised European Union sections reflecting passage of the Lisbon Treaty </li> <li> important decisions by international courts such as Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, the major European Court of Human Rights decision on same-sex marriage </li> </ul>

International Law 2011 (Aspen Casebook)

Aspen Opco Llc

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes— portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. Intended for use in an International Law survey course, International Law, Seventh Edition provides comprehensive coverage of foundational international law questions, including the nature and sources of international law, core doctrinal topics such as the subjects of international law (states and international organizations), and the jurisdictional powers and immunities of states. The book also addresses key substantive topics in international law, with reference to important contemporary foreign policy issues, such as (i) international human rights, (ii) the law of the sea, (iii) international environmental law, (iv) the use of force and the law of armed conflict, and (v) international criminal law. Key Features: <ul>
<li>New co-author Duncan Hollis of Temple Law School joins Stanford Law School’s Allen Weiner as the active authors of the book.</li> <li>New discussions of major international developments, including the law governing the use of force [e.g., cyber operations and the military campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS)], nonproliferation (e.g., the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises), the law of the sea (e.g., disputed maritime claims in the South China Sea), and international environmental law (e.g., the conclusion of the Paris Agreement).</li> <li>New case study in Chapter 1 focused on the international response to the rise of ISIS.</li> <li>Inclusion of extended excerpts from a number of major recent Supreme Court decisions related to international law, including Bond v. United States (on fundamental principles of federalism and the treaty power under Article VI of the Constitution), Zivotofsky v. Kerry (on the separation of powers between Congress and the President in the field of foreign affairs), and Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (on the Alien Tort Statute).</li> <li>Adopts a modern, conceptual approach to the presentation of materials on statehood (including Palestinian claims to statehood), international organizations, and international dispute resolution.</li> </ul>
CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples &amp; Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.

International Law (Aspen Casebook)

Hollis, Duncan B.

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