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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A. INTRODUCTION TO SEMIOTICS AND THE LAW -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Legal Semiotics -- I. Introduction -- II. Sources of Semiotics -- III. Conclusion -- B. TERRORISM -- Chapter 3. A Semiotic Approach to a Legal Definition of Terrorism -- I. Introduction -- II. Elements of the Crime of Terrorism -- III. The Many Definitions of Terrorism -- IV. What is the Difference Between International and Domestic Terrorism? -- V. Terrorism is not only a Crime but a Method to Achieve Self-Determination -- VI. International Crimes are also Methods of Committing Terrorism -- VII. If Terrorism is not only a Crime, but a Method or an Act of War, Then What Court Should Try International Terrorists? -- VIII. The Paradoxes Inherent in the Meaning of Terrorism -- IX. Literary and Cinematographic Representations of Terrorism -- X. Conclusion -- Chapter 4. State-Sponsored Terrorism, the Laws of War, and the Role of Storytelling as a Self-Help Remedy: Law, Literature, and Semiotics -- I. Introduction -- II. The Legitimacy of an Interdisciplinary Method -- III. Laws of Armed Conflict Represented in The Pianist -- IV. Retributive Justice After World War II and the Nuremberg Trials -- V. Restorative Justice and the Power of Art as Self-Help Remedy -- VI. Conclusion -- C. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE -- Chapter 5. Deconstructing Civil Disobedience: A Semiotic Definition -- I. Introduction -- II. The Deep Structure of Civil Disobedience -- III. Civil Disobedience and Terrorism -- IV. Arguments for and Against Civil Disobedience -- V. Civil Disobedience is not Protected by the Constitutional Right to Dissent or Free Speech -- VI. Conclusion and the Delicate Balance -- Chapter 6. Semiotics and Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail -- I. Introduction: The Letter -- II. Semiotics -- III. Role of the Reader.

After having ignored victims, only recently both domestic and international law have begun to pay attention to them. As a consequence, different international norms related to victims have progressively been introduced. These are norms generally characterized by a certain concept from the perspective of victims, as well as by the enumeration of a list of rights to which they are entitle to; rights upon which the international statute of victims is built. In reverse, these catalogues of rights are the states' obligations. Most of these rights are already existent in the international law of human rights. Consequently, they are not new but consolidated rights. Others are strictly linked to victims, concerning the following categories: victims of crime, victims of abuse of power, victims of gross violations of international human rights law, victims of serious violations of international humanitarian law, victims of enforced disappearance, victims of violations of international criminal law and victims of terrorism.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Subject Matter of Private International Law -- I. Definition of the Civil and Commercial Legal Relationships -- II. Definition of the Foreign-Related or International Factors -- III. Case Studies -- 2. Sources of Law -- I. Domestic Sources -- II. Judicial Interpretations -- III. International Treaty -- IV. International Custom and Practice -- V. Judicial Precedent and Authoritative Academic Theory -- 3. History of Private International Law -- I. Private International Law in Ancient China -- II. Transition to Modern Private International Law -- III. Private International Law in the PRC -- 4. Classification -- I. Definition -- II. Characterisation Conflict -- III. Case Studies -- 5. Preliminary Question -- I. Definition -- II. Solution of Preliminary Question Problems -- III. Current Practice in China on Preliminary Question Problems -- IV. Case Studies -- 6. Dépeçage -- I. Definition -- II. Legislation and Practice on Dépeçage in China -- III. Case Studies -- 7. Renvoi -- 8. Point of Contact -- I. Nationality -- II. Habitual Residence -- 9. Ascertainment of Foreign Law -- I. Nature of Foreign Law -- II. Method of Ascertaining Foreign Law -- 10. Public Order, Mandatory Rules and Evasion of Law -- I. Public Order -- II. Mandatory Rules -- III. Evasion of Law -- 11. Jurisdiction in Personam -- I. General Principles -- II. Special Rules -- 12. Jurisdiction in Shipping Claims -- I. Jurisdiction of the Chinese Maritime Courts -- II. Preservation Measures in Support of Maritime Claims -- 13. Immunities from Jurisdiction -- I. Sovereign Immunity -- II. Jurisdictional Immunity of State-Owned Enterprises -- 14. Law of Obligations -- I. Contracts -- II. Torts -- III. Unjust Enrichment and Negotiorum Gestio.

The obligations stemming from international law are still predominantly considered, despite important normative and descriptive critiques, as being 'based' on (State) consent. To that extent, international law differs from domestic law where consent to the law has long been considered irrelevant to law-making, whether as a criterion of validity or as a ground of legitimacy. In addition to a renewed historical and philosophical interest in (State) consent to international law, including from a democratic theory perspective, the issue has also recently regained in importance in practice. Various specialists of international law and the philosophy of international law have been invited to explore the different questions this raises in what is the first edited volume on consent to international law in English language. The collection addresses three groups of issues: the notions and roles of consent in contemporary international law; its objects and types; and its subjects and institutions.

International humanitarian law is increasingly perceived as part of human rights law applicable in armed conflict. This trend can be traced back to the United Nations Human Rights Conference held in Tehran in 1968 which not only encouraged the development of humanitarian law itself, but also marked the beginning of a growing use by the United Nations of humanitarian law during its examination of the human rights situation in certain countries or during its thematic studies. The greater awareness of the relevance of humanitarian law to the protection of people in armed conflict, coupled with the increasing use of human rights law in international affairs, means that both these areas of law now have a much greater international profile and are regularly being used together in the work of both international and non-governmental organizations.