Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law

by Peter Malanczuk

First published in 1970, A Modern Introduction to International Law rapidly established itself as the most widely used and successful textbook in its field. It covers a variety of topics from diplomatic immunity to the UN and from recognition of government to war crimes. This new edition has been completely revised and updated by Peter Malanczuk to take account of many recent developments and includes new chapters on human rights, the environment and the economy.

Genres: Law, Nonfiction

472 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 1997

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good introduction to international law. For those who feel uncomfortable to start with Mr. Show.

[Jessica Harn · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best and most-read introductions to modern international law. This should be on the bookshelf of any law, politics, or humanities student

[KEON WOO · Rating 4 out of 5]

i read this for moot. not that bad guidance.

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, comprehensive text on international law in the modern world. Current author Alexander Orakhelashvili has done a fine job updating the 8th edition to include a wider account of ancient and medieval systems of international law and to fully incorporate the legal challenges and debates derived from early 21st Century armed conflicts. This is a law text, so the sheer amount of information contained in this book can be staggering. There are also a lot of international cases discussed, so it would be helpful to have a case book or other sourse to do cross-checking; it can be a challenge at times to keeping the numerous principles and cases distinct. One thing that would be of assistance would be an index of cases. Certain cases, get mentioned in more than one chapter; it would be helpful to have an index of all of the references to them.

[Peter]

So, there appears to be a fundamental problem on page one of the book.

The framework of the subject is set well, and the text is digestible with a lay-audience. Some of the arguments may be a little dated and others may be a bit wobbly given a reading in 2019. The first edition was published in 1970; the seventh edition was released in 1997 which had its fourteenth re-print in 2004. It might be worth investing in a new edition, and the reviewer wonders whether it may be possible to consider a taking a wider angle on the sources of international law in the first instance and how (e.g. at pp71-4; also the introduction of Chapter 6, and on pp100-104 on individuals and companies ) conflicts of private and public law are handled, addressed and resolved satisfactorily. The last two chapters of the book set out contours of the history of the United Nations skilfully.

[Tata Kailuhu · Rating 3 out of 5]

text book wajib di kelas hukum internasional, isinya lumayan membantu, bahasanya juga mudah dimengerti.

[Prita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorit karena: baca ini saya lulus HIN. Terima kasih banyak. Cukup. Sekian.