International law for humankind : towards a new jus gentium / by Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trindade, Antônio Augusto Cançado, 1947-

Series:

Hague Academy of International Law monographs ; v. 8.

The Hague Academy of International Law monographs ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Natural law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (753 p.)

Edition:

2nd rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is an updated and revised version of the General Course on Public International Law delivered by the Author at The Hague Academy of International Law in 2005. Professor Cançado Trindade , Doctor honoris causa of seven Latin American Universities in distinct countries, was for many years Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and President of that Court for half a decade (1999-2004). He is currently Judge of the International Court of Justice; he is also Member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law, as well as of the Institut de Droit International , and of the Brazilian Academy of Juridical Letters.

Contents:

The evolution towards a new jus gentium : the international law for humankind

Time and law revisited : international law and the temporal dimension

Foundations of international law : the role and importance of its basic principles

The primacy of international law over force

Contemporary international law-making : a reassessment of the theory of formal "sources" of international law

The material source of international law : manifestations of the universal juridical conscience

States as subjects of international law and the expansion of international legal personality

International organizations as subjects of international law

The legal personality of the individual as subject of international law.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25507-9

OCLC:

851155688

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004255074 DOI