Customary International Law - A New Theory With Practical Applications

Informationen zum Autor Brian D. Lepard is Law Alumni Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law and co-director of the university's Human Rights and Human Diversity Initiative. Professor Lepard has served as Chair of the International Legal Theory Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. His books include Hope for a Global Ethic: Shared Principles in Religious Scriptures (2005) and Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions (2002). His articles have appeared in such journals as the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law and the Journal of Human Rights. Klappentext This book sets out to articulate a comprehensive theory of customary international law that can effectively resolve the conceptual and practical enigmas surrounding it. Zusammenfassung This book sets out to articulate a comprehensive theory of customary international law that can effectively resolve the conceptual and practical enigmas surrounding it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The enigmas of customary international law; 2. Foundations of a new theory of customary international law; 3. Resolving the conceptual enigmas of customary international law; 4. Resolving the practical enigmas of customary international law; 5. Some applications of the theory; 6. The future of customary international law.

Product details

• Authors: Brian D. Lepard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2010
• EAN: 9780521138727
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13872-7
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory; ASIL Studies in International
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law