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International Law presents a comprehensive yet student-focused approach to the subject, providing a contemporary and stimulating account of international law. With critical coverage delivered through a wide range of learning features, students are encouraged to engage with legal debates and controversies. --

Bibliography: p.xv-xvi. ; Appendix XII. Declaration of London -- Appendix XII. United States neutrality laws -- Appendix XIV. Procedure in Prize Court -- Appendix XV. Digest of important cases arranged under titles. ; Appendix II. Declaration of Paris -- Appendix III. Convention for the amelioration of the conditions of the wounded in armies in the field, Geneva, July 6, 1906 -- Appendix IV. Convention for the pacific settlement of international disputes -- Appendix V. Convention with respect to the laws and customs of war on land -- Annex to the convention: regulations respecting the laws and customs of war on land -- Appendix VI. Convention respecting the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in case of war on land -- Appendix VII. Convention relative to the status of enemy merchant-ships at the outbreak of hostilities -- Appendix VIII. Convention for the adaptation to naval war of the principles of the Geneva Convention -- Appendix IX. Convention with regard to the exercise of the right of capture in naval war -- Appendix X. Convention relative to the creation of an international prize court -- Appendix XI. Convention concerning the rights and duties of neutral powers in naval war -- ; pt. I. General and historical. Definition and general scope -- Nature of international law -- Historical development -- Sources of international law -- pt. II Persons in international law. States -- Legal persons having qualified status -- pt. III. International law of peace. General rights and obligations of states -- Existence -- Independence -- Equality -- Jurisdiction -- Property -- Diplomacy and international relations in times of peace -- Treaties -- Amicable settlement of disputes and non-hostile redress -- pt. IV International law of war. War -- Status of persons in war -- Status of property on land -- Status of property at sea -- Conduct of hostilities -- Termination of war -- pt. V. International law of neutrality. Definition and history of neutrality -- Relations of neutral states and belligerent states -- Neutral relations between states and individuals -- Appendix I. Instructions for the government of armies of the United States in the field -- ; Mode of access: Internet.

1. Introduction: the nature of international law -- 2. The subjects of international law -- 3. Sources of international law -- 4. International law and the United Nations -- 5. International law and municipal law -- 6. Jurisdiction -- 7. International law and terrorism -- 8. States: responsibility and immunity -- 9. Peaceful settlement of disputes -- 10. Human rights and international law -- 11. Use of force -- 12. International criminal court -- 13. International environmental law