This new edition provides a critical introduction to the concepts,
principles and rules of international law through a consideration
of contemporary international events. It examines both the
possibilities and limitations of the legal method in resolving
international disputes, and notes the actual effects of
international law upon international disagreements. Such an
approach remains sceptical rather than cynical, and is intended to
provide the means by which the role of international law may be
evaluated. This entails discussion of the legal quality of
international law; the relationship between international law and
international relations; the Eurocentricity' of international law;
and the connection between political power and the ability to use
or abuse (or ignore) international law. The new edition explores
the impact of the United States' latest direction in foreign policy
(arguably an intensification of pre-existing neo-conservative
trends); considers in greater depth the issue of economic
self-determination in relation to ex-colonial nations; expands the
discussion of jurisdiction to cover immunity from jurisdiction; and
covers recent developments at the International Criminal Court.
Underlying the book is the assertion that international law is
political in content (in the sense of being concerned with the
exercise of power) but that it draws much of its effectiveness from
its self-portrayal as being apolitical, or at least politically
neutral.
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