International Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Edited by Charlotte Ku and Paul F. Diehl. Boulder CO, London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998. Pp. vii, 568. Index. $49.95, clodi; $24.95, paper.

Abstract

International Law as Operating and Normative Systems: An Overview - the Editors. International Law as Operating System. Sources of International Law: Hard and Soft Law in International Governance - K. Abbott and D. Snidal. Traditional and Modern Approaches to Customary International Law: A Reconciliation - A. Roberts. Normative Hierarchy in International Law - D. Shelton. Participants in the International Legal Process: The New Treaty Makers - J.E Alvarez. Nongovernmental Organizations and International Law - S. Charnovitz. Implementation and Compliance with International Law: Compliance with International Agreements - B. Simmons. Filling In the Gaps: Extrasystemic Mechanisms for Addressing Imbalances Between the International Legal Operating and Normative Systems - the Editors. Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction - The Princeton Project. International Legal Structures: A Babel of Judicial Voices?: Ruminations from the Bench - R. Higgins. The Place of the WTO and its Law in the International Legal Order - P. Lamy. The Role of the International Criminal Court in Enforcing International Criminal Law - P. Kirsch. International Law as Normative System. To Regulate the Use of Force: 'Jus ad bellum,' 'jus in bello'...'jus post bellum'?: Rethinking the Conception of the Law of Armed Force - C. Stahn. Legal Control of International Terrorism: A Policy Oriented Assessment - M.C. Bassiouni. For the Protection of Individual Rights: The Evolving International Human Rights System - T. Buergenthal. The Responsibility to Protect: Humanitarian Concern and the Lawfulness of Armed Intervention - C.C. Joyner. For the Protection of the Environment: International Environmental Agreements: A Survey of Their Features, Formation, and Effects - R. Mitchell. Responsibility for Biological Diversity Conservation Under International Law - C. Tinker. Managing the Commons: The Territorial Temptation: A Siren Song at Sea - B. Oxman. Towards a New Regime for the Protection of Outer Space as a Province of All Mankind - D. Tan. The Future of International Law. The Yahoo Case and Conflict of Laws in the Cyberage - M. Reiman. The Future of International Law Is Domestic (or, The European Way of Law) - A-M. Slaughter and W. Burke-White.