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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960692203321

Autore

Byers Michael <1966->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11580-9

0-521-63408-3

0-511-05117-4

1-280-43224-1

0-511-17298-2

0-511-15192-6

0-511-32487-1

0-511-49126-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

341.7

Soggetti

International law

Customary law, International

International relations

Power (Social sciences)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 is an ambitious and controversial book which will be of interest to all international relations scholars and students and practitioners of international law.