Kearney & Olejnikova: Researching the United Nations Documents

Janet Kearney (Fordham Univ. - Law Library) & Lucie Olejnikova (Yale Univ. - Law Library) have published Researching the United Nations Documents (GlobaLex, September/October 2020).

Fassbender & Aust: Basistexte: Völkerrechtsdenken

Bardo Fassbender (Universität der Bundeswehr München - Law) & Helmut Philipp Aust (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Law) have published Basistexte: Völkerrechtsdenken (Nomos 2012). Here's the abstract:

Das heutige Völkerrecht lässt sich ohne eine Auseinandersetzung mit den klassischen Texten der neueren Völkerrechtstheorie nicht verstehen. Der vorliegende Band präsentiert eine kommentierte Auswahl repräsentativer Texte aus den verschiedenen Strömungen des Faches. Die ausgewählten Texte behandeln auch heute noch umstrittene Grundfragen des Völkerrechts (wie den Geltungsgrund des Völkerrechts, das Verhältnis von Völkerrecht und staatlichem Recht, die Bedeutung der Politik für das internationale Recht, den völkerrechtlichen Kriegsbegriff oder die theoretische Begründung des völkerrechtlichen Menschenrechtsschutzes) und führen die Leserinnen und Leser zu den Quellen der jeweiligen Diskussion. Berücksichtigt wurden u.a. Texte von Georg Jellinek, Heinrich Triepel, Hans Kelsen, Carl Schmitt, Hersch Lauterpacht und Georges Scelle, mit denen im 20. Jahrhundert die Grundlagen des Faches gelegt worden sind. Die von diesen modernen „Klassikern des Völkerrechts“ markierten Positionen beeinflussen etwa die gegenwärtigen Diskussionen über die Konstitutionalisierung des Völkerrechts oder die Grenzen der Befugnisse internationaler Organisationen. Der Band lädt zum (Wieder-) Entdecken und kritischen Hinterfragen der Klassiker sowie zu einer Analyse der Gegenwartsprobleme des Völkerrechts im Lichte der klassischen Texte ein.

Tams & Tietje: Documents in International Economic Law: Trade, Investment, and Finance

Christian J. Tams (Univ. of Glasgow - Law) & Christian Tietje (Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg - Law) have published Documents in International Economic Law: Trade, Investment, and Finance (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:

International economic law is one of the crucial branches of international law, and of major importance both practically and conceptually. This document collection brings together all of the most important treaties, regulations, and other documents in this area. It presents the key documents of contemporary international economic law in one single volume, so to provide students as well as practitioners with an accessible reference guide. The book will feature a brief introduction, providing readers with a 'roadmap' through what is perceived by many as the maze of international economic law.

The collection brings together documents relating to the three main pillars of international economic law, namely world trade law, international monetary law, and international investment law. These are preceded by texts of a more general character, notably issued by the United Nations and clarifying the parameters of international economic relations. This broad focus enables readers to view international economic law in its breadth and to avoid the pitfalls of a 'compartmentalised' approach, which exclusively focuses on, for example, WTO law or investment law without appreciating their interrelation. By bringing together key texts of all three branches, the book should be invaluable to students taking general courses of international economic law as well as more specialised courses such as WTO law or investment law.

Tams & Tzanakopoulos: The Settlement of International Disputes: Basic Documents

Christian J. Tams (Univ. of Glasgow - Law) & Antonios Tzanakopoulos (Univ. College London - Law) have published The Settlement of International Disputes: Basic Documents (Hart Publishing 2012). Here's the abstract:

This collection of documents brings together a large number of primary sources on the peaceful settlement of disputes in a usable and affordable format. The documents included reflect the diverse techniques of international dispute settlement, as recognised in Articles 2(3) and 33 of the UN Charter, such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration and adjudication. The book comprises the most relevant multilateral treaties establishing dispute settlement regimes, as well as examples of special agreements, compromissory clauses, optional clause declarations and relevant resolutions of international organisations. It covers both diplomatic and adjudicative methods of dispute settlement and follows a basic division between general dispute settlement mechanisms, and sectoral regimes in fields such as human rights, WTO law, investment, law of the sea, environmental law and arms control. The book is the first widely-available collection of key documents on dispute settlement.

Wolfrum: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Print Edition)

Rüdiger Wolfrum (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) has published the print edition of The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2012). Here's the abstract:

Written by over 800 of the world's leading authorities and edited at the premier research institution for international law, this new edition of the definitive reference work on international law contains 1,618 articles covering the full breadth of the subject. Articles address the history and theory of international law; all subfields such as international criminal law, environmental law, and economic law; leading cases; and significant treaties, organizations, armed conflicts, and geographical issues.

Orakhelashvili: Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law

Alexander Orakhelashvili (Univ. of Birmingham - Law) has published Research Handbook on the Theory and History of International Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2011). Contents include:

• Philip Allott, Foreword
• Alexander Orakhelashvili, The Relevance of Theory and History: The Essence and Origins of International Law
• Alain Wijffels, Early-Modern Scholarship on International Law
• Patrick Capps, Natural Law and the Law of Nations
• Alexander Orakhelashvili, The Origins of Consensual Positivism – Pufendorf, Wolff, and Vattel
• Amnon Lev, The Transformation of International Law in the 19th Century
• Jörg Kammerhofer, Hans Kelsen’s Place in International Legal Theory
• Iain Scobbie, “The Holiness of the Heart’s Affection”: Philip Allott’s Theory of Social Idealism
• Frédéric Mégret, International Human Rights Law Theory
• Robert Cryer, Theory of International Criminal Law
• Katja S Ziegler, International Law and EU Law: Between Asymmetric Constitutionalisation and Fragmentation
• Alexander Orakhelashvili, International Law, International Politics, and Ideology
• William E. Butler, Periodization and International Law
• Jean Allain, Acculturation through the Middle Ages: The Islamic Law of Nations and its Place in the History of International Law
• Randall Lesaffer, The Classical Law of Nations (1500–1800)
• Alexander Orakhelashvili, The 19th Century Life of International Law
• Lauri Mälksoo, International Law between Universality and Regional Fragmentation. The Historical Case of Russia
• Carlo Focarelli, International Law in the 20th Century

Brown: Research Handbook on International Criminal Law

Bartram S. Brown (Chicago–Kent College of Law) has published Research Handbook on International Criminal Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2011). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This carefully regarded and well-structured handbook covers the broad range of norms, practices, policies, processes and institutional mechanisms of international criminal law, exploring how they operate and continue to develop in a variety of contexts. Leading scholars in the field and experienced practitioners have brought together their expertise and perspectives in a clear and concise fashion to create an authoritative resource, which will be useful and accessible even to those without legal training.

Cryer et al.: Research Methodologies in EU and International Law

Robert Cryer (Univ. of Birmingham - Law), Tamara Hervey (Univ. of Sheffield - Law), & Bal Sokhi-Bulley (Queen's Univ. Belfast - Law) have published Research Methodologies in EU and International Law (Hart Publishing 2011). Here's the abstract:

Law research students often begin their PhDs without having an awareness of methodology, or the opportunity to think about the practice of research and its theoretical implications. Law Schools are, however, increasingly alive to the need to provide training in research methods to their students. They are also alive to the need to develop the research capacities of their early career scholars, not least for the Research Excellence Framework exercise. This book offers a structured approach to doing so, focusing on issues of methodology - ie, the theoretical elements of research - within the context of EU and international law.

The book can be used alone, or could form the basis of a seminar-based course, or a departmental, or even regional, discussion group. At the core of the book are the materials produced for a series of workshops, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council's Collaborative Doctoral Training Fund, on Legal Research Methodologies in EU and international law. These materials consist of a document with readings on main and less mainstream methodological approaches (what we call modern and critical approaches, and the 'law and' approaches) to research in EU and international law, and a series of questions and exercises which encourage reflection on those readings, both in their own terms, and in terms of different research agendas. There are also supporting materials, giving guidance on practical matters, such as how to give a paper or be a discussant at an academic conference.

The basic aim of the book is to help scholars in EU and international law reflect on their research: where does it fit within the discipline, what kinds of research questions they think interesting, how do they pursue them, what theoretical perspective best supports their way of thinking their project, and so on. The book is aimed both at PhD students and early career scholars in EU and international law, and also at more established scholars who are interested in reflecting on the development of their discipline, as well as supervising research projects.

Volger: A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations (Second Edition)

Helmut Volger has published the second revised edition of A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2009). Here's the abstract:

How can we approach the complex United Nations system, a ‘family’of principal organs, subsidiary organs and specialized agencies? Where do we get summarizing information on the large number of reform concepts developed and implemented since the late 1990s, in particular in connection with the UN World Summit 2005?

The present book provides orientation and information: It is the second updated English edition of the German 'Lexikon der Vereinten Nationen'. The book provides in addition to concise and comprehensive information on the UN system insight into recent UN developments and reform efforts in the face of global opportunities and challenges, such as the Millennium Summit 2000 and World Summit 2005, and the establishment of important new UN organs, the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, in 2006.

The contributing authors are academic scholars of international law, economics and political sciences; active and former diplomats and UN officials; journalists and members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and offer a variety of interesting perspectives.

The entries are provided with bibliographies and with Internet addresses for further information and are supplemented in the annex by an informative text on the UN document numbering system and by a list of information facilities concerning the UN.

Grant & Barker: Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (Third Edition)

John P. Grant (Lewis & Clark - Law) & J. Craig Barker (Univ. of Sussex - Law) have published the third edition of Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2009). Here's the abstract:

For nearly thirty-five years, the international legal community has relied on one ambitious yet humble volume as a starting point for legal questions. This classic red volume is a one-of-a-kind reference tool that brings together both terminology and pertinent descriptive information on international law. This book will also be available online as an e-reference on the Oxford University Press Digital Reference Shelf.

Now in its third edition, The Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law is completely updated and expanded to include increased coverage in growing areas of international law including diplomatic law, criminal law, human rights, and more. Over 2,500 entries (over a 20% increase in content from the previous edition) provides the reader with copious references for further research including cases, treaties, journal articles, and websites.