Higgins, Rosalyn.
Problems and process : international law and how we use it / Rosalyn Higgins. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994. - xxvii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. - 1. The nature and function of international law. - 2. Sources of international law: Provenance and problems. - 3. Participants in the international legal system. - 4. Allocating competence: Jurisdiction. - 5. Exceptions to jurisdictional competence: Immunities from suit and enforcement. - 6. Responding to individual needs: Human rights. - 7. Self determination. - 8. Natural resources and international norms. - 9. Accountability and liability: The law of state responsibility. - 10. The United Nations. - 11. Dispute settlement and the International Court of Justice. - 12. The role of national courts in the international legal process. - 13. Oiling the wheels of international law: Equity and proportionality. - 14. The individual use of force in international law. - 15. The use of force by the United Nations.
9780198764106 (pbk.)
International law.
341 / HIG
Problems and process : international law and how we use it / Rosalyn Higgins. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994. - xxvii, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. - 1. The nature and function of international law. - 2. Sources of international law: Provenance and problems. - 3. Participants in the international legal system. - 4. Allocating competence: Jurisdiction. - 5. Exceptions to jurisdictional competence: Immunities from suit and enforcement. - 6. Responding to individual needs: Human rights. - 7. Self determination. - 8. Natural resources and international norms. - 9. Accountability and liability: The law of state responsibility. - 10. The United Nations. - 11. Dispute settlement and the International Court of Justice. - 12. The role of national courts in the international legal process. - 13. Oiling the wheels of international law: Equity and proportionality. - 14. The individual use of force in international law. - 15. The use of force by the United Nations.
9780198764106 (pbk.)
International law.
341 / HIG