This section of reviewed books is related to international law and regulations.
Book 01 - Guide to International Environment Law By: Alexander Kiss and Dinah Shelton
Title: Guide to International Environment Law
Author/s: Alexander Kiss and Dinah Shelton
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Place: Leiden/Boston
Edition: First
Call No: LAW K 3585 .K5695 2007
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: The book has bibliography, glossary of environment law and index.
Audience: Good for lawyers and law students, especially for post graduates who study international laws.
Geographic Area: Universal
Accuracy: Alexander Kiss was a professor of International Environment Law, counsel to the UN environment projects and worked for European Union’s environment projects. Dinah Shelton, she was a professor at the California University, written numerous books and journals in the field of environment law. Therefore, the book is a reliable source for researchers and students. Also the book is part of Professor Alexander’s dissertation.
Special Features: Does not have any special feature.
Summary: This book covered most aspects of international environment law in a chronological order. The authors explained foundation of the environment law, enacted treaties, customary and general principles of the environment law as of the introduction. International conferences related to the environment protection, multilateral, international conventions and global actions to protect environment are sufficiently discussed. Chemical, nuclear and biotechnology wastes are one of the important and crucial issues around the world in term of their mass harms.
Title: The Oxford Handbook of International Environment Law
Editors: Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnee and Ellen Hey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Place: Oxford
Edition: First
Call No: LAW K 3585 .O96 2007
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: The book does not have any bibliography, but recommended many books and journals for further studies. List of indexes provided.
Audience: Law faculty, students and researchers.
Geographic Area: Universal
Accuracy: Editors are the university professors in the field of environment laws. The book is a collection of journals on international environment law which discusses different aspects of the mentioned subject.
Special Features: Few graphs show the damages of the environmental problems.
Summary: Articles in this book divided into seven parts. Part one dedicated to general issue including evolution, paradigms, formality, technology and the level of environmental governance. Part two presents an analytical perspective on environmental law economics and relations situation of the environment law. Part three discusses about resources of freshwater, biological resources and atmosphere. Part four is about the approached developments according to treaties, customary law and international conventions such as UN rules. Part five is about key concepts of the environment law such as sustainable development, equity, ecosystem and trans-boundary impacts. Part six discusses on good points which are the actors and institutions because the actors and institutions have key roles in protection of environment drafting of regulations like governments through treaties and economical policies. The last part also presents the most important issues in environment law which is the implication and enforcement of rules among countries.
Book 03 - International Human Rights By: Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman
Title: International Human Rights
Author/s: Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Place: Oxford
Edition: First
Call No: LAW K 3240 .A4418 2013
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: The book does not have bibliography, but provided supplement documents and indexes of names and topics.
Audience: Law students, professors and human rights activists.
Geographic Area: Global
Accuracy: The authors are professors of law at New York School of Law and co-directors at the Center for Human rights and Global Justice at NYU.
Special Features: Provided questions and topics for more discussions.
Summary: Human rights as a universal growing phenomenon that ensures the fundamental rights of human beings at all aspects of life. The authors explained and analyzed the political and civil, economic and social rights of humans in light of international covenants, agreements and conventions. One of the best sections of this book discusses the paradigm of human rights and terrorism, the paradigm from definition to fight against terrorists and observation of human rights during the process of trial and the limitation of human rights in prosecution of terrorist suspects including torture. The dilemma of universalizing of human rights is a well, but the conflict of cultures and traditions are the two main challenges which are discussed and analyzed in the book. Another challenge that human right struggling is the controversy of peace and justice, the authors provided the examples from Sierra Leone and Rwanda; the two post civil war countries that seriously breached human rights, but the truth commissions suggested reconciliation as an alternative instead of prosecution to some warriors.
Title: International Law in Domestic Courts: Rule of Law Reform in Post-Conflict States
Author/s: Edda Kritjansdottir, Andre Nollkaemper and Cedric Ryngaert
Publisher: Inessential Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Place: Cambridge
Edition: First
Call No: LAW K 5250 .I58 2012
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: Included citations
Audience: Lawyers
Geographic Area: Afghanistan
Accuracy: The editors are experts of their fields
Special Features: Discussed related issue with example of post conflict states
Summary: This volume determines the rule of international law in domestic courts of the post conflict states, a case study of empowerment of domestic courts on application of international laws such as Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries has been performed. Obligation of states under national and international laws, rule of the international measures on implementation of the international laws on I criminals of international crimes are some specific topics of this series.
Book 05 - How International Law Works By: Andrew T. Guzman
Title: How International Law Works
Author/s: Andrew T. Guzman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Place: New York
Edition: Second
Call No: LAW KZ 3410 .G89 2010
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: The book is included bibliography and index
Audience: Strongly recommended to students of international law
Geographic Area: Universal
Accuracy: The author is professor of law and the book published by Oxford
Special Features: Does not have
Summary: This book analyzes and presents a theory of international law and the answer of why and how it works. Professor Guzman explained international law’s basic and concept and other important elements like international agreements, reputation of international law, a general theory and international customary law in a convincing and academic style.
Book 06 - International Law By: Malcolm N. Shaw
Title: International Law
Author/s: Malcolm N. Shaw
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Place: New York
Edition: Sixth
Call No: Law KZ 3275 .S53 2008
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: This book doesn’t have bibliography but included indexes
Audience: Law students and lawyers
Geographic Area: Internationally related issues
Accuracy: Published by Cambridge and the author is professor of law and barrister
Special Features: Doesn’t have
Summary: International Law, an indispensible resource for international law students and instructors, provides comprehensive source on different aspect of international law such as history, development, sources, subjects, human rights, institutions and other important subjects. Almost all areas of the international law study subjects have been covered in this book and used by many instructors as course book in some universities around the world. Also the author updated the content on the sixth edition of this book.
Book 07 - Public International Law in a nutshell By: Thomas Buergenthal & Sean D. Murphy
Title: Public International Law in a nutshell
Author/s: Thomas Buergenthal & Sean D. Murphy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Place: US
Edition: Fifth
Call No: LAW KZ 3410 .B84 2013
Language: English
Reference/citation/bibliography: The book has tale of cases and index but not included bibliography, also referenced the reader to many external resources
Audience: Law students and lawyers
Geographic Area: Internally matter
Accuracy: The authors are distinguished professors of law
Special Features: Does not have
Summary: Public international law discusses concisely on international related matters, the history, states and international law, sources of international law, human rights, international disputes and settlements, major international courts and international humanitarian law precisely in scholastic style. More importantly, this book gives a clear perspective to reader on jurisdictions, immunity, international environment and legal research.
