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020 _a9781107451360 (paperback)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_dEG-ScBUE
041 1 _aeng
_hfre
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_bJOU
100 1 _aJouannet, Emmanuelle.
_940510
245 1 2 _aA short introduction to international law /
_cEmmanuelle Tourme Jouannet ; translated from the French, Le Droit International.
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc.2013.
300 _avii, 126 p. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aIndex : p. 118-126.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. International law as history and culture; 2. International law as a legal order; 3. International law as an instrument of regulation and social intervention; Conclusion.
520 _a"In our globalised world the sources and actors of international law are many and its growth prolific and disorderly. International law governs the actions of states on matters as long-established as diplomatic immunity or as recent as the War on Terror, and it now impacts upon the lives of ordinary citizens in areas as diverse as banking and investment, public health and the protection of the environment. In this accessible introduction Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet explains the latest developments in international law in the light of its history and culture, presenting it as an instrument both for dominance and for change that adjusts and balances the three pillars of the United Nations Charter: the prohibition of the use of force; economic, social and sustainable development; and human rights"--
546 _aText in English ; translated from original French.
650 7 _aInternational law.
_2BUEsh
_99620
651 _2BUEsh
653 _bLLAAWW
_cJuly2016
700 1 _aSutcliffe, Christopher,
_etranslator.
765 0 _aJouannet, Emmanuelle.
_tLe droit international.
_dParis : Presses universitaires de France, 2013.
_w(OCoLC)835282623.
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_d22031