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

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Byers, Michael, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Customary law, International.

International relations.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Custom, Power & the Power of Rules

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

Revised PhD. thesis - University of Cambridge, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

OCLC:

475917811