Routledge Research in International Law
About the Book Series
The series offers a space for new and emerging scholars of international law to publish original arguments, as well as presenting alternative perspectives from more established names in international legal research. Works cover both the theory and practice of international law, presenting innovative analyses of the nature and state of international law itself as well as more specific studies within particular disciplines. The series will explore topics such as the changes to the international legal order, the processes of law-making and law-enforcement, as well as the range of actors in public international law. The books will take a variety of different methodological approaches to the subject including interdisciplinary, critical legal studies, feminist, and Third World approaches, as well as the sociology of international law. Looking at the past, present and future of international law the series reflects the current vitality and diversity of international legal scholarship.
UNHCR and International Refugee Law: From Treaties to Innovation
1st Edition
By Corinne Lewis
January 03, 2014
This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951. The book explores the historical and statutory foundations that create an indelible link between UNHCR ...
The Law on the Use of Force: A Feminist Analysis
1st Edition
By Gina Heathcote
May 10, 2013
The book presents the international laws on the use of force whilst demonstrating the unique insight a feminist analysis offers this central area of international law. The book highlights key conceptual barriers to the enhanced application of the law of the use of force, and develops international ...
International Law in a Multipolar World
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew Happold
April 12, 2013
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. Yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to assert theuniversal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has ...
The ICJ and the Evolution of International Law: The Enduring Impact of the Corfu Channel Case
1st Edition
Edited
By Karine Bannelier, Théodore Christakis, Sarah Heathcote
April 12, 2013
In 1949 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its first judgment in the Corfu Channel Case. In diffusing an early Cold War dispute, the Court articulated a set of legal principles which continue to shape our appreciation of the international legal order. Many of the issues dealt...
International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy: Institutional Independence in the International Legal Order
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Collins, Nigel D. White
April 11, 2013
International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy is an exploratory text looking at the idea of intergovernmental organizations as autonomous international actors. In the context of concerns over the accountability of powerful international actors exercising increasing levels of legal and ...
Self-Determination in the Post-9/11 Era
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Chadwick
April 11, 2013
This book discusses the increasing tendency in certain government quarters to incorporate struggles by peoples for their self-determination into the wider anti-terrorist agenda of the post-9/11 era. This tendency distorts the laws of armed conflict and of peace alike. As inter-state anti-terrorist ...
Participants in the International Legal System: Multiple Perspectives on Non-State Actors in International Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean d'Aspremont
November 16, 2012
The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes over the last decade as new participants have emerged. International law-making and law-enforcement processes have become increasingly multi-layered with unprecedented numbers of non-State actors, including individuals, insurgents, ...
State Accountability under International Law: Holding States Accountable for a Breach of Jus Cogens Norms
1st Edition
By Lisa Yarwood
September 05, 2012
This book considers the extent to which States are held accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms under international law. The concept of State accountability is distinguished from the doctrine of State responsibility and refers to an ad hoc practice in international relations that seeks to ...
The Law of Consular Access: A Documentary Guide
1st Edition
By John Quigley, William J. Aceves, Adele Shank
November 07, 2011
Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of litigation at the international and domestic levels concerning consular access for foreign nationals charged with a criminal offence. The issue has complicated relations between countries, with the majority of litigation involving the United ...
International Legal Theory: Essays and engagements, 1966-2006
1st Edition
By Nicholas Onuf
October 04, 2011
Nicholas Onuf’s International Legal Theory: Essays and Engagements 1966-2007 is a collection of the author’s articles and book reviews from the period, including some previously unpublished material. The book records the author’s efforts to address important problems in international legal theory ...
The Problem of Enforcement in International Law: Countermeasures, the Non-Injured State and the Idea of International Community
1st Edition
By Elena Katselli Proukaki
July 29, 2011
This book explores the contentious topic of how collective and community issues should be protected and enforced in international law. Elena Katselli Proukaki takes a detailed look at the issue of third-State countermeasures, and considers the work the International Law Commission has done in this ...
International Economic Actors and Human Rights
1st Edition
By Adam McBeth
July 15, 2011
In noting that the actions of entities other than states in the economic arena can and often do have a profound effect on human rights, this book poses the question as to how international human rights law can and should address that situation. This book takes three very different categories of ...