An introduction to contemporary international law : : a policy-oriented perspective / / Lung-chu Chen.

• VerfasserIn: Chen, Lung-chu,
• Place / Publishing House: New York : : Oxford University Press,, [2015]; 2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Third edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (673 pages)

Table of Contents

International law in a policy-oriented perspective -- Nation-states -- International governmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations and associations -- The individual -- Minimum order and optimum order -- Establishment of and access to arenas of authority -- Control over territory -- Control and use of the sea -- Control and use of other resources -- Control of people: nationality and movement -- Protection of people: from alien rights to human rights -- Vertical allocation of authority -- Horizontal allocation of authority -- The diplomatic instrument -- International agreements -- The ideological instrument -- The economic instrument -- The military instrument -- The intelligence function -- The promoting function -- The prescribing (lawmaking) function -- The invoking function -- The applying function -- The terminating function -- The appraising function -- Succession of states -- Responsibility of states -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Toward a world community of human dignity.