International Law

In the first truly new international law text in years, Christopher C. Joyner offers a critical assessment of international legal rules in the early st century as they are applied… More

Tackling the crucial issue of our day--the rebuilding of countries following ethnic cleansing and genocide, this book evaluates the role of trials and tribunals with regard to soci… More

Negotiating a Complex World introduces undergraduate students of International Relations to the high stakes world of international negotiation. The book uses the analogy of a board… More

A thoroughly updated, fresh look at the role of the United Nations in world politics, with particular attention to the evolving post-Cold War era, its challenges, and its dilemmas.

The trust was a popular device among the Victorian middle classes to preserve their private property for the benefit of their families. At the centre of this legal institution was … More

Three legal scholars from the Center for Constitutional Rights argue persuasively, in this concise and timely anti-war primer, that the looming war against Iraq is both unnecessary… More

This book considers the contemporary disputes about the ownership of knowledge resources, discussing issues such as genetically modified foods, the music industry and the internet.… More

" President Bill Clinton called it ""an attack against America,"" but after Libyan agents planted a bomb aboard Pan Am Flight 103, killing 259 people in the air and 11 on the groun… More

The study of international law has, in recent times, appeared disconnected from real world politics. In this book, international law is introduced as a dynamic process with an expl… More

Military analyst Michael O'Hanlon shows how outside forces could successfully intervene to stop an ongoing cycle of warfare in a country whose government has collapsed or come un… More

US Hegemony and International Organizations, written by a group of leading scholars from the US and around the world, examines the role of the United States in a variety of global … More

Where does judicial power come from, how does it develop, and what political conditions support its expansion? This book answers these important questions through an examination of… More

By assessing the impact of norms on decision making, this book argues that norms influence choices by providing reasons rather than by being causes for action. It approaches the p… More