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"International Law" is the definitive and authoritative text on the subject, offering Shaw's unbeatable combination of clarity of expression and academic rigour and ensuring both understanding and critical analysis in an engaging and authoritative style. Encompassing the leading principles, practice and cases, and retaining and developing the detailed references which encourage and assist the reader in further study, this new edition motivates and challenges students and professionals while remaining accessible and engaging. Fully updated to reflect recent case law and treaty developments, this edition contains an expanded treatment of the relationship between international and domestic law, the principles of international humanitarian law, and international criminal law alongside additional material on international economic law.

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.

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. --

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