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Informationen zum Autor Onuma Yasuaki is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. He has held visiting appointments at leading universities including Harvard University, Massachusetts, Yale University, Connecticut, the University of Cambridge, Université de Paris I, Peking University, Beijing, Tsinghua University, Beijing and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is a founding member of the Asian Society of International Law. Klappentext This book adopts a 'trans-civilizational' perspective on the history and development of current West-centric international law. Zusammenfassung With the resurgence of Asian nations such as China! current West-centric international law is changing in the twenty-first century. Adopting a 'trans-civilizational' perspective! this book will appeal to generalist international law scholars and students! and anyone interested in non-Western perspectives on international law. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Editorial note; List of abbreviations; List of short form citations; 1. International law in a multi-civilizational world; 2. Identification of international law; 3. Subjects and participants of international law; 4. Responses to violations of international law; 5. Spatial and personal ordering of the world; 6. Human rights; 7. The global economy and international law; 8. The global environment and international law; 9. Conflict resolution (and dispute settlement) and international law; 10. Regulation of force and realization of peace; Bibliography; Index.
