Research Handbook on Jurisdiction and Immunities in International Law

Edited by Alexander Orakhelashvili, Professor, School of Law, University of Birmingham, UK

• Contents:1. State Jurisdiction in International Law: Complexities of a Basic Concept Alexander Orakhelashvili2. The Concept of Jurisdiction in International LawCedric Ryngaert3. Universal Jurisdiction: Concept, Logic and RealitySienho Yee 4. Jurisdiction of States and the Law of the SeaYoshifumi Tanaka5. State Immunity from Jurisdiction between Law, Comity, and IdeologyAlexander Orakhelashvili6. Shared Foundations and Conceptual Differentiation in Immunities from JurisdictionJ Craig Barker7. Immunity from the Criminal Jurisdiction of National CourtsElizabeth Helen Franey8. The UK State Immunity Act 1978: History, Scope and Relation to International LawAlexander Orakhelashvili9. Treaties on State Immunity: the 1972 and 2004 ConventionsAlexander Orakhelashvili10. Foreign State Immunity: A Private International Law AnalysisRichard Garnett11. The Status of Armed Forces in Public International Law: Jurisdiction and ImmunityAurel Sari12. Immunity from ExecutionXiaodong Yang13. Torture, Jurisdiction and Immunity: Theories and Practices in Search of One AnotherFrançois Larocque14. Immunities and International Criminal TribunalsRobert Cryer15. Jurisdictional Immunity of International Organisations: from Abstract Functionality to Absolute ImmunityAlexander OrakhelashviliIndex

'Jurisdiction is about the reach of power; immunities are about the restriction of such power. There are few more fundamental, important, or pervasive topics in international law. Yet, jurisdiction and immunities have not received the treatment that they deserve. Comprehensive and balanced, allowing the reader to delve deeply into specific subjects or draw connections among seemingly disparate areas, there is no better survey of this critical field than this Research Handbook.'