An Introduction to Contemporary International Law

Lung-chu Chen is an internationally recognized scholar and Professor of Law at New York Law School, specializing in the areas of international law, U.S. constitutional law, conflict of laws, human rights, and the United Nations. He previously served as Senior Research Associate and Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.Professor Chen has worked with a variety of government agencies, non-profit groups, and private firms throughout his distinguished career. He is Chairman of the Taiwan New Century Foundation, President of the New Century Institute (New York), and Honorary President of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA). He is a former President of the Taiwanese Society of International Law, and a former national policy advisor to the president of Taiwan. He served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and as Vice President and member of the Governing Council of the International League for Human Rights. He has served as Chairman of the Association of American Law Schools Section on International Law, and President of the North America Taiwanese Professors' Association (NATPA).

• Preface to the Third Edition ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Preface to the First Edition ; Part One / Delimitation of the Task ; 1 International Law in a Policy-Oriented Perspective ; Part Two / Participants ; 2 Nation-States ; 3 International Governmental Organizations ; 4 Nongovernmental Organizations and Associations ; 5 The Individual ; Part Three / Perspectives ; 6 Minimum World Order and Optimum World Order ; Part Four / Arenas ; 7 Establishment of and Access to Arenas of Authority ; Part Five / Bases of Power ; 8 Control over Territory ; 9 Control and Use of the Sea ; 10 Control and Use of Other Resources ; 11 Control of People: Nationality and Movement ; 12 Protection of People: From Alien Rights to Human Rights ; 13 Vertical Allocation of Authority ; 14 Horizontal Allocation of Authority ; Part Six / Strategies ; 15 The Diplomatic Instrument ; 16 International Agreements ; 17 The Ideological Instrument ; 18 The Economic Instrument ; 19 The Military Instrument ; Part Seven / Outcomes ; 20 The Intelligence Function ; 21 The Promoting Function ; 22 The Prescribing (Lawmaking) Function ; 23 The Invoking Function ; 24 The Applying Function ; 25 The Terminating Function ; 26 The Appraising Function ; Part Eight / Effects ; 27 Succession of States ; 28 Responsibility of States ; 29 Individual Criminal Responsibility ; Part Nine / Prospects ; 30 Toward a World Community of Human Dignity ; Bibliography ; List of Treaties ; Index

In the third edition of this most welcome and important book, Professor Lung-chu Chen enhances his already well-established reputation as a scholar in both the United States and in Asia. He applies a deep understanding of the policy science approach to explain contemporary international issues and the law that addresses them. His knowledge and ideas have importance for a wide variety of audiences.