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Containing a synopsis of national bases of jurisdication (one of the first of its kind) international law is presented here through litigation. Legal procedures determine what the law is. The great variety of procedures which determine international law including diplomatic means are comprehensively examined. This perspective is original and helps to explain foreign policy expediences and conflicting prescriptive rules. Written as an academic study the book is also meant to benefit those practising in the field.
List of contents
A Procedural Perspective in Law.- Procedures in International Law.- The Quest and the Notion.- National Legal Procedures.- Limiting National Jurisdiction by Procedural Means.- Substantive International Law Before National Fora.- International Legal Adjudication.- Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution.- Conflicts Between Adjudicators Applying International Law.
About the author
Gernot Biehler lectures in international law both public and private at Trinity College Dublin. As former Head of Delegation at the NATO Council of Legal Advisers, the UN, The Hague Conference on Private International Law, UNIDROIT, and as Government Counsel before national and international courts and as a diplomat he relies on broad experience to provide insights in the working of international law and litigation. Author of "International Law in Pracitce" (Thomson Round Hall 2005) and other publications in the field and educated in Berlin and Cambridge his research seeks to benefit both academia and practice alike.
Summary
Containing a synopsis of national bases of jurisdication (one of the first of its kind) international law is presented here through litigation. Legal procedures determine what the law is. The great variety of procedures which determine international law including diplomatic means are comprehensively examined. This perspective is original and helps to explain foreign policy expediences and conflicting prescriptive rules. Written as an academic study the book is also meant to benefit those practising in the field.
