International Law

A Present. Well Liked.

Different from most textbooks on international law, Malcolm Evans' International Law is at once an introduction and a critical reflection on the subject, with each chapter written by a specialist in the field. While dressed as a textbook, each article would have easily qualified for a journal piece, simultaneously giving an overview of the subject while engaging actively with the key debates that the authors ably introduced. Each chapter is headed by an abstract or summary of the main hypotheses and areas of coverage. Chapter arrangements are also distinct, e.g. in many other textbooks, law of armed conflict and the use of force are addressed together but this book separates the two. Also, the International Court of Justice is given a chapter in itself, instead of subsumed under the “peaceful settlement of disputes”. Humanitarian intervention has been “updated” as a chapter on the “responsibility to protect”, exploring how the latter evolved into the former. The remarkable essays at the beginning are written by eminent scholars who are too familiar to need introduction, such as Martti Koskenniemi. These chapters offer a conceptual navigation point. In addition to the standard treatment on the sources, institutions and peaceful settlement of disputes, the book also provides a comprehensive guide on international law “in action”, i.e. its application in international criminal law, international human rights law, international economic law, international environmental law, and the law of the sea.

It is a good book to get a full understanding of International Law. some topics are explained in a very complicated way. Brownlies Book is more easy to understand.

This is truly an appalling edition - it is absolutely littered with typos and poor grammar, which makes some passages almost impossible to understand. If it wasn't for the fact that Brownlie's is a little out of date now, I would have returned this a long time ago.

Buon libro copertina morbida scritto in piccolo ha mille concetti io ho dovuto comprarlo per L Universita ed è molto tosto!

very helpful but a little too detailed

The book was as I expected