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Pacifism in International Law
Jeremy Moses
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Pacifism in International LawIntroductionThe label of pacifism has been applied to a very wide range of political movements and ideologies that focus ...
Palestine (and the Israel Question)
Carmen Pérez González
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Palestine (And The Israel Question) Introduction The complexity of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been sufficiently underlined by politician...
Peace Treaties
Randall Lesaffer
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Peace TreatiesIntroductionFor most of recorded history, peace treaties have been the common instrument of mankind to end war. As a historical phenomen...
Piracy
Monique Cormier, Gerry Simpson
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Piracy Introduction International law, it might be argued, is a legal system directed toward the defeat or suppression of a category of violato...
Political Science, International Law and
Wouter Werner
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
International Law and Political Science Introduction During the first decades following World War II, international law and international polit...
Positivism
Jörg Kammerhofer
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Positivism Introduction Legal positivism means different things to different scholars, and traditions of positivism differ among legal scholar...
Private Military and Security Companies
Joop Voetelink
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2019-09-25
Private Military and Security CompaniesIntroductionWhen state armed forces are deployed in the context of armed conflict situations or crisis manageme...
Protection, Diplomatic
Stephan Wittich
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Diplomatic Protection Introduction Diplomatic protection is one of the traditional concepts of classical international law that has developed ov...
Public Interest, Human Rights, and Foreign Investment
Edward Guntrip
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2017-09-27
Public Interest, Human Rights, and Foreign InvestmentIntroductionForeign direct investment (FDI) involves a private investor from one state (the home ...
Rational Choice Theory
Anne van Aaken
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Rational Choice Theory Introduction International law scholarship has predominantly been doctrinal in nature. Nevertheless, international law...
Recognition of Foreign Penal Judgments
Pedro Caeiro, Carolina Carvalho
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Recognition of Foreign Penal JudgmentsIntroductionThe expression “recognition of foreign penal judgments” (RFPJ) can be used in a broad or in a strict...
Refugees
Juan Amaya-Castro, Jessica C. Lawrence
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
RefugeesIntroductionPeople move from their homes for many reasons. They may travel in search of increased economic opportunities, to reunite with love...
Rendition, Extraterritorial Abduction, and Extraordinary Rendition
John A. E. Vervaele
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2018-10-25
Rendition, Extraterritorial Abduction, and Extraordinary RenditionIntroductionIn order to transfer a suspect from a foreign state to the state request...
Reparations
Carla Ferstman
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Reparations Introduction Reparation refers to the process and result of remedying the damage or harm caused by an unlawful act. The purpose of ...
Russian Approaches to International Law
Alexander Merezhko
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Russian Approaches in International Law Introduction Contemporary Russian doctrine of international law has grown out of the Soviet school of i...
Sanctions, International
Iain Cameron
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
International SanctionsThis article was revised by Iain Cameron and Anton Moiseienko on May 26th, 2021. The revised version can be found here.Introduc...
Sanctions, International
Iain Cameron, Anton Moiseienko
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2021-05-26
International SanctionsIain Cameron and Anton Moiseienko updated this article on May 26th, 2021. It was originally written by Iain Cameron, published ...
Secession
Theodore Christakis
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Secession Introduction The term secession designates the unilateral withdrawal from a state of part of its territory and population with the wi...
Self-Defense
Mary Ellen O’Connell
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Self-DefenseIntroductionHumanity has always recognized that individuals should have the right to defend themselves from violence. In international law...
Slavery
Silvia Scarpa
Subject: International Law »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Slavery Introduction Slavery had existed for thousands of years, when, finally, in the 18th century the abolitionist ideal gained momentum. We...
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