International law critical concepts in law

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The politics of international law -- History of international law -- The concept of international law -- International law and its self-identity -- International governance & global administrative law -- Epilogue -- International law-making and the sources of international law -- International personality : states -- International personality : real and other legal persons -- Territory, sovereignty and self-determination -- The relationship between domestic and international law -- Jurisdiction -- Dispute resolution -- State responsibility for violations of international law -- Democracy, legitimacy and pluralism -- Globalization -- International institutional law -- Law of the sea -- International environmental law -- International economic law -- Protection of private investments under public international law -- Social dimension of international law -- Human rights -- Consular law and diplomatic immunity -- When states go to war -- Conquest and occupation -- Proxy-wars, terrorism and non-state actors -- International humanitarian and criminal law -- Weapons of mass destruction -- The other -- Economics -- Literature -- Philosophy -- Politics -- Psychology -- Religion -- Sociology.