 | ISBN: 978-1-58826-174-8 $65.00 | |
| ISBN: 978-1-58826-199-1 $24.95 | ||
| 2004/327 pages | ||
Scott covers such core topics as the nature of legal argument, the negotiation and implementation of multilateral treaties, and the place of the United Nations, other intergovernmental organizations, and nonstate actors in the international legal system. Equally important, she connects the actual content of laws dealing with, for example, human rights, the use of force, the environment, and genocide to current issues and problems. Case studies within the chapters bring the real world of world politics to life.
Covering the full range of this essential subfield of IR, this new text effectively explains the role that international law plays in the changing arena of world politics.
Also of interest: War Crimes: Confronting Atrocities in the Modern World by David Chuter.
"This is an excellent introductory book and should be appropriate for a wide range of survey/introductory courses in international law."—John King Gamble, Australian Yearbook of International Law
"This is an excellent primer for International Relations courses, and all potential readers interested in the interplay of law and politics.... [Provides] succinct and authoritative coverage of the ties between contemporary world events and the norms that supposedly govern them."—UN21 Newsletter, ASIL
"A thoroughly well researched and supported volume. This is a superb treatment of the subject matter."—Choice