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"In this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political context. They propose three interdisciplinary 'lenses' (realist, liberal and constructivist) through which to view the role of international law in world politics and suggest that the concept of an international society provides the overall context within which international legal developments occur. These theoretical perspectives offer different ways of looking at international law in terms of what it is, how it works and how it changes. Topics covered include the use of force, international crimes, human rights, international trade and the environment. The new edition also contains more material on non-western perspectives, international institutions and non-state actors and a new bibliography. Each chapter features discussion questions and guides to further reading"--

How the Brain's Neural Encoding Function Contributes to Communication and Conflict Dynamics --The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation : Its Genesis, Negotiation and Future --Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreements under the Singapore Convention and the UNCITRAL Model Law : An Argument for the Opt-In Model --Mediators' Code of Conduct and Ethical Guidelines : A Comparative Analysis --Mediation for Settlement and Prevention of Inter-State Conflicts --Can You Leave Your Hat On? An Empirical Study of Med-Arb/Arb-Med in China --Mediation in Germany --Mediation in Brazil : Recent Practice --Assuring Flexibility and Quality in Mediation Training : The Emergence of a Common Regulatory Framework --Inspiration of Mediation Culture and Mediation Practice --Dispute Boards : A Different Approach to Dispute Resolution.

No field of legal scholarship or practice operates in the world of private international law as continuously and pervasively as does international arbitration, commercial and investment alike. Arbitration?s dependence on private international law manifests itself throughout the life-cycle of arbitration, from the crafting of an enforceable arbitration agreement, through the entire arbitral process, to the time an award comes before a national court for annulment or for recognition and enforcement. Thus international arbitration provides both arbitral tribunals and courts with constant challenges.0Courts may come to the task already equipped with longstanding private international law assumptions, but international arbitrators must largely find their own way through the private international law thicket. Arbitrators and courts take guidance in their private international law inquiries from multiple sources: party agreement, institutional rules, treaties, the national law of competing jurisdictions and an abundance of ?soft law?, some of which may even be regarded as expressing an international standard. In a world of this sort, private international law resourcefulness is fundamental