Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It
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Book Overview
The greatest possible honor for an international lawyer is to be invited to deliver the Hague Academy General Course in International Law. Rosalyn Higgins was so honored and this volume is the revised text of the lectures she delivered there. Its purpose is to show that there is an essential and unavoidable choice to be made between the perception of international law as either a system of neutral rules or as a system of decision-making directed towards the attainment of specific declared values. This book focuses on resolving this in addition to many other difficult and unanswered issues in contemporary international law. The topics she addresses include human rights, allocating competence, self determination, and the individual use of force in international law. This accessible volume will be particularly useful to scholars and students of international law who seek a better understanding of the subject and desire to see how the great web of inter-related concepts which comprise international law are held together as a coherent and cohesive whole.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198764103
ISBN13:9780198764106
Release Date:November 1995
Publisher:OUP Oxford
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.08 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Something different and refreshing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Reading this book is like a breeze of fresh air in the worl of the literature on international law, which is mostly just listed rules and principles. The author has come up with a truly original and enjoyable style, which is much more fluent and lets the reader feel him/herself more as a person, who does know something about international law. It is good to see that those who sit on the World Court, really do know the subject and can handle it just as skilfully as the clowns handle their stuff at circus.
How else can you say "genius"?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Prior to joining the International Court of Justice, RosalynHiggins wrote Problems & Process, one of the best books written onmodern international law in the past ten years. She successfully writes for two audiences; neophytes of international law, as well as for experienced, lifelong students of the subject. It is rare that an author can present such an accurate and fulfilling work on as many levels as she. Read this book and understand why she sits on the World Court.
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