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A Must Read for Any China Watcher
I am fortunate enough to have been a student of Professor Peerenboom's at the UCLA School of Law where he practically teaches the contents of this book in his Comparative Law: China course.Read more

Subjects:  1. China    2. General    3. International    4. Jurisprudence    5. Law    6. Law reform    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Rule of law    9. International Law    10. Jurisprudence & General Issues    11. Law / Jurisprudence    12. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law   

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A Seminal Work
The obscure international relations world of international organizations and countries is generally visible and comprehensible to academics and human rights activists, but Anaya has written a seminal work in this area that provides sufficient background for readers to understand the relationship between indigenous peoples and human rights.This is extremely important reading for environmental activists interested in preserving the rainforest, defending sensitive environmental homelands of tribal peoples or understanding the question of access to international fora.Read more

Subjects:  1. Indigenous peoples    2. Indigenous peoples (International law)    3. International    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal status, laws, etc    7. International human rights law    8. Law / International    9. Law | Indigenous & Native American Law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Communications    3. Europe    4. International    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Privacy, Right of    12. Telecommunication    13. Telecommunications    14. United States    15. Communications law    16. Constitutional & administrative law    17. Germany    18. Law / General    19. USA   

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Good primer for international case law
I had the opportunity to use the previous version of this textbook four years ago, and found it to be very helpful, and not too heavy on the philosophical faddism found in some other materials on international law.I also had Professor Damrosch as my professor for the course, and found her to be a very good teacher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. International    3. International law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Legal Research made easy
I had this book for my class which was taught by the author. It is an easyto follow, logical, step by step book that would assist anyone in the fieldof legal research and writing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Interpretation and constructio    4. Interpretation and construction    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal Writing    8. Legal assistants    9. Legal composition    10. Research    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / General    13. International Law    14. Jurisprudence & General Issues   

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Best summary available on the UN
The chief cause of opposition to the United Nations is lack of knowledge about what it is, what it does, what it can do and what it cannot do.If I were to pick one volume to help both supporters and critics understand what the United Nations is, this book would be it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. International    2. International Relations - General    3. Political Science    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Politics/International Relations    6. Reference    7. United Nations    8. United Nations & UN agencies   

Subjects:  1. International    2. International Relations - Diplomacy    3. International agencies    4. International organization    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Reference    9. International institutions   

Subjects:  1. Alternative Dispute Resolution    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Dispute resolution (Law)    5. General    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Parenting - Child Rearing    8. United States    9. Business & Economics / General    10. Conflict resolution    11. International Law   

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QUITE USEFUL MATERIAL
This book is a collection of theses of Jackson who is the scholar who cannot be ignored before studying GATT/WTO. These theses were selected, and important in studying GATT/WTO. Before writing a thesis related to them,this book is very useful material for the researcher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Foreign trade regulation    2. General Agreement on Tariffs a    3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)    4. International    5. International - Economics    6. International - General    7. Jurisprudence    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Tariff    12. Tariff Policy    13. World Trade Organization    14. Business law    15. International economic & trade law    16. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Media & the Law   

Subjects:  1. Human rights    2. International    3. Moral and ethical aspects    4. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    5. Political Science    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Reparations for historical injustices    9. Restorative justice    10. Conflict resolution    11. Crime & criminology    12. Ethics & moral philosophy    13. International relations    14. Political Science / Civil Rights    15. Politics | International Studies | Human Rights    16. Social & political philosophy   

Subjects:  1. International    2. International law    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Copyright, International    2. History    3. Intellectual Property - Copyright    4. Intellectual Property - General    5. International    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. EU law: intellectual property, copyright & patents    9. English law: intellectual property    10. Intellectual property, copyright & patents    11. Law / Patent, Trademark, Copyright    12. Law | Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property   

Subjects:  1. Computer Networks    2. Computers    3. Electronic Commerce    4. International    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Tax Law    8. Taxation    9. Business & Economics / Public Finance    10. International economic & trade law    11. Internet    12. Taxation law   

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a little dated, but...
I'll second the previous reviewer's call for an updated edition.Apparently the next edition, the 8th, is due for release in February 2008.

Time for an 8th Edition?
Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law provides a sound basis for understanding the United Nations, treaties, and international law. The only drawback to the book is that the material is becoming somewaht dated with its 1997 copyright.
Good book, good price
This book is the essential guide to international law. Not only does it cover important themes and treaties over every conceivable topic, it does so without too much legal jargon and too much dumbing down. It hits the perfect average reading level and provides citations to the primary sources from which statements are taken for further research and understanding. It is extrememly well organized. Truly, this is the best comprehensive book on international law available to the average person. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. International    2. International Law    3. International Relations - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. International relations    7. Law / General   

Subjects:  1. International Law    2. Switzerland    3. Taxation law   

Subjects:  1. Civil rights    2. Cultural relativism    3. Ethics & Moral Philosophy    4. History & Theory - General    5. Human rights    6. International    7. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    8. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    9. Political Science    10. Politics / Current Events    11. Politics/International Relations    12. International human rights law   

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"On Lawfare": Short and Focused
In the Shield of Achilles Phillip Bobbitt has recently written on the mutual relation between law and strategy. In the realm of emergency, the distinction between the two becomes relatively thin. Bobbitt's book demonstrates that at certain times, strategic "imperatives" have generated legal regimes. A point that Bobbit has overlooked, however, is the use of law as a strategic instrument. This is what might be called, not so much the instrumentalization, but the "weaponization" of law. In this short book, David Kennedy refers to what military commanders call "lawfare", the use of law, particularly humanitarian law, as a shield and a sword, by organized militaries, partisans, insurgents, and terrorists alike. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. International    2. Law    3. Legal History    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Military    6. Military - General    7. Public Policy - General    8. War (International law)    9. International Law    10. International humanitarian law    11. Law / Military    12. Political Science and International Relations   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Intellectual property    3. International    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Property    7. United States    8. Intellectual property, copyright & patents   

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UN informative
For those that are curious about the UN, this book is very informative about the duties and various sectors of the UN.

Subtle but pervasive pro-US bias
The revisions contained in the third edition are the work of Lawrence Ziring, professor at the University of Western Michigan. Ziring is a not an obvious candidate to be writing what is designed to be a textbook on the UN.He has publicly supported U.S. policies which are contrary to the spirit and the letter of U.N. principles, including the `humanitarian' bombings in Yugoslavia and U.S. attacks on alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and the biological weapons plant (which later turned out to be a pharmaceuticals factory) in Sudan.Ziring is also a member of the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think-tank with people such as Robert McNamara and James A. Baker on its board of directors.The Atlantic Council focuses primarily upon supporting expanded roles for NATO.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1945-    2. General    3. International    4. International Relations - General    5. International organization    6. Political Science    7. Politics / Current Events    8. Politics/International Relations    9. United Nations    10. World politics    11. Political Science / General    12. United Nations & UN agencies