Making the Law of the Sea - A Study in the Development of International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2011)

James Harrison

The law of the sea is an important area of international law which must be able to adapt to the changing needs of the international community. Making the Law of the Sea examines how various international organisations have contributed to the development of this law and what kinds of instruments and law-making techniques have been used. Each chapter considers a different international institution – including the International Maritime Organization and the United Nations – and analyses its functions and powers. Important questions are posed about the law-making process, including what actors are involved and what procedures are followed. Potential problems for the development of the law of the sea are considered and solutions are proposed. In particular, James Harrison explores and evaluates the current methods employed by international institutions to coordinate their law-making activities in order to overcome fragmentation of the law-making process.

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Wildlife Law and the Empowerment of the Poor (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2011)

Elisa Morgera

The book aims to systematically explore the conditions, approaches and options in drafting national wildlife laws that ensure environmental sustainability and empower the poor. 

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Justice in Blue and Gray: A Legal History of the Civil War (Harvard University Press, 2010)

Stephen Neff

This book offers the first comprehensive study of the wide range of legal issues arising from the American Civil War, many of which resonate in debates to this day.  It examines the lawfulness of secession, executive and legislative governmental powers, and laws governing the conduct of war. Whether the United States acted as a sovereign or a belligerent had legal consequences, including treating Confederates as rebellious citizens or foreign nationals in war. Property questions played a key role, especially when it came to the process of emancipation. Executive detentions and trials by military commissions tested civil liberties, and the end of the war produced a raft of issues on the status of the Southern states, the legality of Confederate acts, clemency, and compensation. A compelling aspect of the book is the inclusion of international law, as Neff situates the conflict within the general laws of war and details neutrality issues, where the Civil War broke important new legal ground.

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Corporate Accountability in International Environmental Law (Oxford University Press, 2009)

Elisa Morgera

This book examines the highly topical question of the current and future role of international environmental law in directing and controlling the environmental conduct of business enterprises. It replies to this question through the identification of corporate accountability standards and their implementation by international organizations. The book examines systematically all international sources of corporate accountability standards in the specific area of environmental protection and elaborates on their theoretical and practical implications for international environmental law. 

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International Law and the Environment (Oxford University Press, 2009)

Patricia Birnie, Alan Boyle and Catherine Redgwell

Written by three of the leading academics in the field, this new edition of International Law and the Environment continues to provide the definitive account of the core principles of the subject. New to this edition:

• Expanded coverage of the principal law-making processes and multilateral treaty regimes
• Fully updated and revised to take account of the growing body of case law emanating from international tribunals
• Rewritten chapters on human rights and the environment, and on climate change and the Kyoto protocol

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The Making of International Law (Oxford University Press, 2007)

Alan Boyle and Christine Chinkin

This is a study of the principal negotiating processes and law-making tools through which contemporary international law is made. It examines some of the mechanisms and procedures whereby new rules of law are created or old rules are amended or abrogated. The book concentrates on the UN, other international organisations, diplomatic conferences, codification bodies, NGOs, and courts.

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Regional Trade Agreements and the WTO Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2006)

Lorand Bartels and Federico Ortino

This collection of conference papers explores the legal issues raised by regional trade agreements and their relationship with the international trading regime. It addresses the challenges posed by the fragmentation of international trade law and the overlapping competences of international courts and tribunals dealing with trade matters.

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Towards an International Legal Community (BIICL, 2006)

Colin Warbrick and Stephen Tierney

This collection of essays on the theory of international law addresses the question whether, in light of contemporary legal, economic and political challenges which the state faces, state sovereignty can continue to be viewed meaningfully as a legal principle, the legitimacy of which is generated merely by the factual condition of a state's existence; or whether in fact the international legal system is now better viewed as a self-generating and increasingly sovereign force, founded upon an incipient 'international legal community' which has in large measure redefined state sovereignty as a lower order principle both contingent upon and attenuated by the normative authority inherent in this nascent 'community'.

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Dirty Money (Council of Europe, 2004)

Bill Gilmore

This is the third edition of this publication which explores key issues in the fast evolving field of money laundering and terrorist financing, and which has been restructured so as to fully reflect the high international priority given to tackling the financing of terrorism since September 2001. It takes into account recent developments such as the revised recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), as agreed in June 2003; pan-European responses and the 2001 EU Directive; and recent initiatives taken by the United Nations, FATF, the Organization of American States and other organisations. The publication is designed for a wide audience, including government officials and regulators, officials in banks and non-banking financial institutions, professions such as lawyers and accountants, academics and students.

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