Introduction To International Law (5TH 08 - Old Edition)

Janis (U. of Connecticut School of Law; law, U. of Oxford) presents a revised edition of An Introduction to International Law, 4th ed. (2003), designed to provide both students beginning their law courses and general readers with an introduction to international law in its traditional public or interstate sense, as well as its private and commercial aspects. Offering an overview of the international legal rules and processes, and the role international law plays in international relations, the fifth edition includes coverage of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases on Garamendi, Sosa, Avena, Hamdi, Rasul, and Padilla; the rapidly expanding jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights; the Preemptive-War Doctrine and new problems and prospects in the law of war; and the Precautionary Principle in international environmental law. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)