A Concise Introduction to International Law - Hardcover

by Atilla M. Tanzi (Author)

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This textbook provides an overview of the general functioning of international law, rather than presenting an extensive overview of the immense developments of international law in the last few decades. These developments cover a wide range of topics, including the regulation of the subjects, sources, state responsibility, the means of dispute settlement, and the increasingly problematic relation to domestic jurisdictions. In addition, substantive international law has expanded into numerous branches, such as the law of the sea, environmental law, jurisdictional immunities, human rights law, investment and trade law, and international criminal law.

Due to its concise nature, this book will be an incentive to students at first degree level to study the subject, while complementing the possible use of a syllabus in the public international law course. The basic character of the narrative is also meant to help attorneys understand how intertwined international law and domestic rules are, which they interpret and apply on a daily basis. And this may result in the use of many more arguments in their pleadings before a national court.

Author Biography

Attila M. Tanzi, Ph.D., Chair of International Law at the University of Bologna; President of the Italian Branch of the International Law Association; Chairman of the Implementation Committee of the UNECE 1992 Water Convention; a Member of the PCA (Permanent Court of Arbitration) specialised list of arbitrators for environmental disputes; a Conciliator at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. Counsel or arbitrator in various interstate, investment and commercial international arbitrations, he is regularly instructed by governments and international organisations on issues of international law. Formerly, a visiting professor at Queen Mary University of London, Université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas and University of Vienna and a visiting lecturer in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India and Peru. He has published extensively in English, French, Spanish and Italian on state responsibility, foreign investment law, environmental law, law of the sea, law of international organisations and jurisdictional immunities.