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Blending the traditional and the new in this introductory text, Carter (Georgetown U. Law Center) and Weiner (Stanford Law School) aim to stimulate thinking about the sources of international public law, offer analyses of supporting institutions, investigate the interaction between public international law and national agencies and courts, and awaken awareness of how public international law affects private individual and business activity. The presentation includes sections on the US Constitution and US laws that have international impact and coverage as well of some principles and strategies underlying foreign legal systems. The sixth edition has been substantially updated and revised to include materials on the U.N., NATO, and EU military intervention in Libya; developments in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Pakistan; climate change; and counter-terrorism policies pertaining to detention and torture, among other topics. Aspen Publishers is now Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Distinctively accessible in organization and style, International Law offers an adroit selection of excerpted cases and documents, as well as notes, questions, and problems. Interdisciplinary materials introduce a variety of perspectives, such as economics and international relations theory. International Law is an effective blend of current issues and thinking alongside traditional theories and concepts. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Sixth Edition addresses major developments in international law and new issues and challenges arising from developments in the U.N., U.S., NATO, and other countries with respect to Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and North Korea. A leading casebook in its field, International Law also features: an effective overview of international law that lays the groundwork for the topics that follow The Sixth Edition brings timely coverage and analysis of developing law: the U.N., NATO, and EU military intervention to protect civilians in Libyanew developments with respect to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Pakistan international efforts to address global climate change and other international environmental matters updates to U.S. counter-terrorism policies regarding detention, torture, and rendition, including Boumediene v. Bush other recent Supreme Court decisions in Medellin v. Texas (treaties), Samantar v. Yousef (foreign official immunity), and Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank (extraterritorial jurisdiction) revised European Union sections reflecting passage of the Lisbon Treaty important decisions by international courts such as Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, the major European Court of Human Rights decision on same-sex marriage
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