International Law

Malcolm N. Shaw, KC, is a practising barrister at Essex Court Chambers and Honorary Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at Cambridge University. He is Emeritus Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law at Leicester University. One of the world's leading international lawyers, he is an Associé of the Institut de Droit International, former Trustee of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and a founding member of Curatorium of the Xiamen Academy of International Law, China.

• Preface to the Tenth Edition; Table of Cases; Table of Treaties and Selected Other International Instruments; List of Abbreviations; 1. The Nature and Development of International Law; 2. International Law Today; 3. Sources; 4. International Law and Municipal Law; 5. The Subjects of International Law; 6. The International Protection of Human Rights; 7. Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law; 8. Recognition; 9. Sovereign Territory and Beyond; 10. The Law of the Sea; 11. Jurisdiction; 12. Immunities from Jurisdiction; 13. State Responsibility; 14. International Environmental Law; 15. The Law of Treaties; 16. State Succession; 17. The Settlement of Disputes by Peaceful Means; 18. The International Court of Justice; 19. International Law and the Use of Force by States; 20. International Humanitarian Law; 21. The United Nations; 22. International Organisations; Index.