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Custom, power, and the power of rules : international relations and customary international law /

"This book sets out to explain the most foundational aspect of international law in international relations terms. By doing so it goes straight to the central problem of international law - that although legally speaking all States are equal, socially speaking they clearly are not. As such it i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byers, Michael, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART 1: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE: Law and power
  • Law and international relations
  • Power and international law
  • PART 2: INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE APPLICATION OF POWER: The principle of jurisdiction
  • The principle of personality
  • The principle of reciprocity
  • The principle of legitimate expectation
  • PART 3: THE PROCESS OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW: Fundamental problems of customary international law
  • International relations and the process of customary international law
  • Related issues
  • Conclusions.