Includes bibliographical references and index.

A short history of international law / Stephen C Neff -- What is international law for? / Martti Koskenniemi -- Wicked heresies or legitimate perspectives? Theory and international law / Iain Scobbie -- The sources of international law / Hugh Thirlway -- Soft law in international law-making / Alan Boyle -- International law and 'relative normativity' / Dinah Shelton -- The practical working of the law of treaties / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Statehood, self-determination, and recognition / Matthew Craven -- International organization / Dapo Akande -- The individual and the international legal system / Robert McCorquodale -- Jurisdiction / Vaughan Lowe and Christopher Staker -- International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states / Hazel Fox -- Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations / Chanaka Wickremasinghe -- The relationship between international and national law / Eileen Denza -- The nature and forms of international responsibility / James Crawford and Simon Olleson -- Issues of admissibility and the law of international responsibility / Phoebe Okowa -- The responsibility to protect / Spencer Zifcak -- Countermeasures and sanctions / Nigel White and Ademola Abass -- The means of dispute settlement / John Merrills -- The international court of justice / Hugh Thirlway -- The use of force and the international legal order / Christine Gray -- The law of the sea / Malcolm D Evans -- International environmental law / Catherine Redgwell -- International economic law / Gerhard Loibi -- International criminal law / Robert Cryer -- International protection of human rights / Henry J Steiner -- The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) / David Turns.