International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments

Featuring contributions from well-established scholars and emerging stars in law and politics, International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments provides students with a succinct and timely overview of key issues in the field. The authors range from political science and law school instructors to professional researchers and lawyers in private practice, and they offer diverse, multinational perspectives on traditional and emergent issues in the practice and study of international law.

Topics include Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and universal jurisdiction, nonterritorial subjects of international law, international political economics (IPE), the International Court of Justice (ICJ), international humanitarian law (IHL), the environment, political violence and terrorism, and post-colonialism. A concluding section on international political interaction covers a wide range of issues that link international politics to international law. Presenting the most inclusive and contemporary body of material available, this is an essential resource for courses on politics and international law.

Sanford R. Silverburg is professor of political science at Catawba College. His publications include Palestine and International Law: Essays on Politics and Economics and U.S. Foreign Relations with the Middle East and North Africa (with Bernard Reich).