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