Law Among Nations

Offering a more accessible alternative to casebooks and historical commentaries, Law Among Nations explains issues of international law by tracing the field’s development and stressing key principles, processes, and landmark cases.

This comprehensive text eliminates the need for multiple books by combining discussions of theory and state practice with excerpts from landmark cases. The book has been updated in light of the continuing revolution in communication technology; the dense web of linkages between countries that involve individuals and bodies both formal and informal; and important and controversial areas such as human rights, the environment, and issues associated with the use of force.

Renowned for its rigorous approach and clear explanations, Law Among Nations remains the gold standard for undergraduate introductions to international law.

New to the Twelfth Edition



Added or expanded coverage of timely issues in international law:

Drones and their use in the air and in space

Outer space

Cybercrime and responses

The Julian Assange Case

Environmental law

Expanded discussion of space law

Expanded discussion of conflict and non-state actors

Final cases in the ICTY

Thoroughly rewritten chapters on areas of great change:

International Criminal Law

Just War and War Crime Law

International Economic Law (newly restored in response to reviews)

International Environmental Law

New cases, statutes, and treaties on many subjects