International law : cases and commentary / by Mark W. Janis, John E. Noyes.
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Title
International law : cases and commentary / by Mark W. Janis, John E. Noyes.
Published
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
KZ1242.5 .J36 2011
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9780314198877
0314198873
0314198873
Description
xl,1,050 pages : maps ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)695582989
Note
Revised edition of: Cases and commentary on international law / by Mark W. Janis, John E. Noyes. 3rd edition 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages ix-xvi) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition
v
Acknowledgments
ix
Table of Maps and Figures
xxvii
Table of Treaties and Other Instruments
xxix
Table of Cases
xxxvii
ch. 1
The Nature of International Law
1
A.
The History of International Law
1
International Law / Mark Weston Janis
1
B.
An International Law Sampler
3
McCann v. United Kingdom
3
Notes and Questions
15
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala
17
Notes and Questions
24
ch. 2
Treaties
28
A.
The Sources of International Law
28
Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38
29
Notes and Questions
29
B.
A Treaty Sampler
30
The Treaty Between the Jews and the Romans (Circa 160 B.C.)
30
Notes and Questions
32
The Peace of Westphalia (1648)
33
Notes and Questions
36
The Treaty of Paris (1783)
37
Notes and Questions
42
The Cession of Alaska (1867)
43
The Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
47
Notes and Questions
49
Cordell Hull, The Memories of Cordell Hull
51
The Hull-Lothian Agreement (1940)
55
Notes and Questions
58
C.
The Law of Treaties
61
The Reservations to the Genocide Covention Case
61
Notes and Questions
66
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
69
Notes and Questions
76
Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project
80
Notes and Questions
87
The Eastern Greenland Case
89
Notes and Questions
94
ch. 3
Custom and the Non-consensual Sources of International Law
97
A.
Customary International Law
97
The Paquete Habana
97
Notes and Questions
106
The Asylum Case
108
Notes and Questions
109
The Lotus Case
111
Notes and Questions
121
The Texaco/Libya Arbitration
123
Notes and Questions
132
B.
General Principles of Law
134
The AM & S Case
135
Notes and Questions
142
C.
Natural Law and Jus Cogens
145
United States v. Smith
145
Notes and Questions
148
Alfred Von Verdross, "Forbidden Treaties in International Law"
150
Notes and Questions
153
Prosecutor v. Furundzija
156
The Michael Domingues Case: Argument of the United States
158
The Michael Domingues Case: Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
159
Notes and Questions
160
D.
Equity
163
The Cayuga Indians Case
163
Notes and Questions
166
The Meuse Case
167
Notes and Questions
170
The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases
170
Notes and Questions
184
ch. 4
International Law and Municipal Law
188
A.
Treaties and the Constitution
188
Foster & Elam v. Neilson
188
Notes and Questions
191
Asakura v. City of Seattle
192
Notes and Questions
194
Sei Fujii v. California
195
Notes and Questions
197
Missouri v. Holland
199
Notes and Questions
202
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
203
Notes and Questions
209
Whitney v. Robertson
211
Notes and Questions
212
United States v. Belmont
213
Notes and Questions
215
United States v. Curtiss-Wright
216
Notes and Questions
221
Dames & Moore v. Regan
224
Notes and Questions
231
Medellin v. Texas
232
Notes and Questions
255
B.
The Law of Nations in American Law
259
Respublica v. De Longchamps
259
Notes and Questions
263
Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy
265
Notes and Questions
268
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
271
Notes and Questions
286
ch. 5
International Courts and Tribunals
290
A.
Public International Arbitration
290
"The Alabama Arbitration" / Mark Weston Janis
291
"Accidents and Crises: The Dogger Bank Affair" / Richard Ned Lebow
293
The Dogger Bank Case
298
Notes and Questions
300
The Rainbow Warrior Case
302
Notes and Questions
309
B.
The International Court
312
1.
The Jurisdiction of the International Court
312
Statute of the International Court of Justice, Articles 36, 65
312
Charter of the United Nations, Article 96
313
Notes and Questions
313
2.
Contentious Cases at the International Court
314
The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case
315
Notes and Questions
323
The Diplomatic and Consular Staff Case
325
Notes and Questions
340
Declaration of Malawi Recognizing the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the ICJ
342
Notes and Questions
343
3.
Advisory Opinions at the International Court
344
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
345
Notes and Questions
360
C.
The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals
362
International Law / Mark Weston Janis
363
Notes and Questions
363
Southern Bluefin Tuna Case
364
Notes and Questions
369
ch. 6
Individuals and International Law
373
A.
Individuals as Objects of International Law
373
The Nottebohm Case
374
Notes and Comments
381
Note: State Responsibility
383
The Barcelona Traction Case
387
Notes and Questions
398
B.
Individuals as Subjects of International Law
400
"Individuals as Subjects of International Law" / Mark W. Janis
400
Notes and Questions
404
C.
International Human Rights Law
404
1.
Human Rights and Municipal Law
405
2.
The Nuremberg Judgment
406
The Nuremberg Judgment
407
Notes and Questions
413
3.
Human Rights and the United Nations
415
"The Normative and Institutional Evolution of International Human Rights" / Thomas Buergenthal
415
Damian Thomas v. Jamaica
419
"Jamaica Withdraws the Right of Individual Petition Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" / Natalia Schiffrin
422
Notes and Questions
424
D.
European Human Rights Law
428
The Sunday Times Case
430
Notes and Questions
440
The Soering Case
443
Notes and Questions
458
E.
International Criminal Law
459
"The New International Criminal Court: An Uneasy Revolution" / S. Richard Carden
459
Notes and Questions
461
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Case of the Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
463
Notes and Comments
469
ch. 7
States and International Law
472
A.
The Sovereign State
472
The Law of Nations / E. de Vattel
472
Notes and Questions
474
The Montevideo Convention
477
Notes and Questions
478
B.
The Recognition and Succession of States and Governments
482
The Tinoco Arbitration
483
Notes and Questions
491
Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus v. Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc.
493
Notes and Questions
501
Kadic v. Karadzic
503
Notes and Questions
506
Republic of Croatia et al. v. Girocredit Bank A.G. der Sparkassen
508
Notes and Questions
511
C.
Self-Determination and the Creation of States
514
Reference Re Secession of Quebec
516
Notes and Questions
524
ch. 8
International and Non-governmental Organizations
530
A.
International Organizations
530
1.
An Overview of International Organizations
531
International Law / Mark Weston Janis
531
"A Job Well Done: The Founding of the United Nations Revisited" / Richard Edis
532
Charter of the United Nations
537
Notes and Questions
538
2.
International Personality
539
The Reparation Case
539
Notes and Questions
546
Report of the International Law Commission on Its Sixty-first Session
549
Notes and Questions
553
B.
Non-governmental Organizations
555
"The ICRC's Status: In a Class of Its Own" / Gabor Rona
556
Notes and Questions
557
"The Environment, Community and International Law" / Philippe J. Sands
559
Notes and Questions
561
ch. 9
International Law and the Use of Force
565
A.
Jus in Bello
565
"The Humanization of Humanitarian Law" / Theodor Meron
566
Notes and Questions
570
"The Military Lawyer: Nuisance or Necessity?" / Mike Newton
572
Notes and Questions
578
Prosecutor v. Tadic
580
Notes and Questions
583
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
586
Notes and Questions
592
B.
Jus ad Bellum: Traditional Limits on Resort to Force
598
The Naulilaa Case
599
Notes and Questions
602
The Caroline Dispute
604
Notes and Questions
606
C.
Article 2(4) and the Use of Force by States
608
United Nations Charter, Articles 2(4), 51
608
"Use of Force: Law and U.S. Policy" / Louis Henkin
609
"Criteria for the Lawful Use of Force in International Law" / W. Michael Reisman
615
Notes and Questions
618
Note: The Nicaragua Case
620
"Lawful Self-Defense to Terrorism" / Mary Ellen O'Connell
627
Notes and Questions
630
The 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States of America
631
A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility
633
Notes and Questions
633
D.
The United Nations and the Use of Force
634
1.
The United Nations and Peacekeeping
635
Nation Against Nation / Thomas M. Franck
635
Notes and Questions
638
The Certain Expenses Case
639
Notes and Questions
641
2.
The Security Council and Iraq's 1990 Invasion of Kuwait
644
Security Council Resolution 678
645
"UN Police Action in Lieu of War: ̀The Old Order Changeth'" / Faiza Patel
646
"Until What? Enforcement Action or Collective Self-Defense?" / Eugene V. Rostow
647
Notes and Questions
649
Security Council Resolution 687
650
Notes and Questions
652
3.
The United Nations, Regional Organizations, and Kosovo
654
Supplement to an Agenda for Peace
654
North Atlantic Treaty
655
Notes and Questions
656
"NATO's Decisionmaking Towards Air Strikes on Kosovo" / Dick A. Leurdijk
657
Notes and Questions
660
4.
The Security Council and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
663
Security Council Resolution 1441
663
Notes and Questions
666
Memo from British Attorney-General Goldsmith to Prime Minister Tony Blair
667
Notes and Questions
673
5.
The United Nations: New Challenges and Proposals for Change
676
"The Security Council Starts Legislating" / Paul C. Szasz
676
Notes and Questions
679
A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility
683
Notes and Questions
687
ch. 10
International Environmental Law and Common Spaces
689
A.
International Environmental Law
689
The Trail Smelter Case
689
Notes and Questions
696
Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
699
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
700
Notes and Questions
703
Request for an Examination of the Situation in the Nuclear Tests Case
706
Notes and Questions
712
Note: Treaty Regimes and Ozone Depletion
713
"Global Climate Change: Legal Summary" / J. Cullen Howe
718
Notes and Questions
721
The Shrimp-Turtle Case
726
Notes and Questions
736
B.
Antarctica
740
The Antarctic Treaty
741
Notes and Questions
745
United Nations General Assembly Debates on Antarctica
748
Notes and Questions
753
Note: The Antarctic Environment and Mineral Resources
754
C.
Outer Space
757
ch. 11
The Law of the Sea
761
A.
The High Seas
762
The Freedom of the Seas (1633) / Hugo Grotius
762
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 86-90, 301
766
Notes and Questions
767
B.
Vessels
768
Csae of the Muscat Dhows
769
Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas
772
Notes and Questions
774
The M/V "Saiga" (No. 2)
777
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 94
780
Notes and Questions
782
C.
The Continental Shelf, Fisheries Zones, and the Exclusive Economic Zone
784
The Truman Proclamation
784
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 77-78
786
Notes and Questions
786
The Fisheries Jurisdiction Case
790
Notes and Questions
796
Note: UNCLOS III Negotiations Concerning the Exclusive Economic Zone
798
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Articles 55-59, 121
799
The "La Bretagne" Case
801
Notes and Questions
804
Note: The Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries
807
D.
The Territorial Sea and Straits
809
Regina v. Keyn
809
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 27
813
Notes and Questions
814
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Articles 17, 19-21, 24-25
816
"Transit Passage and Overflight in International Straits" / R.P. Anand
818
Notes and Questions
824
E.
The Deep Seabed
827
The Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction
827
Notes and Questions
830
ch. 12
International Conflict of Laws
836
A.
The Principles of Jurisdiction
836
1.
The Territorial Principle
837
American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co
837
Notes and Questions
839
2.
The Nationality Principle
841
Blackmer v. United States
841
Notes and Questions
843
3.
The Effects Principle
844
United States v. Aluminum Co. of America
844
Notes and Questions
847
4.
Other Principles of Jurisdiction
849
Notes and Questions
849
B.
Resolving Conflicts of Jurisdiction
850
1.
Party Choice
850
The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co
851
Notes and Questions
856
Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co
859
Notes and Questions
864
2.
Balancing
867
Lauritzen v. Larsen
867
Timberlane Lumber Co. v. Bank of America
873
Notes and Questions
877
3.
International Comity
879
Hilton v. Guyot
879
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California
880
Notes and Questions
888
4.
Forum Non Conveniens
892
Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno
892
Notes and Questions
899
"The Doctrine of Forum Non conveniens and the Bhopal Case" / Mark W. Janis
902
Notes and Questions
906
C.
Foreign Sovereign Immunity
908
The Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon
908
Notes and Questions
911
Victory Transport, Inc. v. Comisaria General
912
Notes and Questions
916
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976
917
Notes and Questions
920
Texas Trading & Milling Corp. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria
922
Notes and Questions
927
Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.
930
Notes and Questions
934
D.
The Act of State Doctrine
938
Underhill v. Hernandez
939
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
941
Notes and Questions
947
W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp. International
949
Notes and Questions
954
APPENDIX
Constitution of the United States of America
956
Charter of the United Nations
960
Statute of the International Court of Justice
986
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1000
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
1005
Index
1033