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Description
As a result of the impact of globalisation, increased awareness about human rights and growing concerns about the environment, international law has gamed great relevance as a subject of academic study Every branch of law now acquires an international dimension and every problem has some link with international law.
Every attempt has been made to provide significant coverage of contemporary concerns in international law and world affairs
•    the relation between international law and municipal law and the concept of
      opposability;
•    the status of international persons such as the British Commonwealth of Nations,
      the European Union, the emergence of micro states, territories under trusteeship
      and the holy See with emphasis on the sovereignty and inviolability of the
      Vatican City and
•    the growing importance of international economic law through various
      organizations such as the IMF World Bank, GATT and WTO.
This student-friendly textbook takes the student through all the topics included in the curriculum of a first-year degree course of Indian universities, with due emphasis on the emerging international regime of environmental law, human rights and economic law. This book has clarity of analysis, carefully selected materials, systematically arranged topics and a lucid presentation. In addition to a select bibliography a list of useful websites is given to help the inquisitive student to gain access to more authoritative and original sources. This dependable and up to date textbook will serve the needs of students of law, international relations and political science.
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Contents
Chapters
1.    Origin, Nature and Basis of International Law
2.    Sources of International Law
3.    The Relation between International Law and Municipal Law
4.    Position of States in International Law
5.    Recognition
6.    State Territory
7.    Jurisdiction
8.    Immunity from Jurisdiction
9.    Intervention
10.  State Responsibility
11.  The Individual in International Law
12.  State Succession
13.  International Transactions
14.  International Institutions
15.  International Environmental Law
16.  International Economic Law
17.  Human Rights: Concept and Evolution
18.  Elaboration of Human Rights
19.  Enforcement for Human Rights
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Author Details
Dr. N.K. Jayakumar, currently Head of Department of Law, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, is also Chairman of Postgraduate Board of Studies in Law, University of Kerala; Dean of Faculty of Law, Kannur University (Kerala); and Chairman, Postgraduate Board of Studies in Law, Tamilnadu Dr Ambedkar Law University at Chennai. He was a visiting Professor of Vienna University, Austria in 1998. Dr Jayakumar has authored several books and research papers m leading law journals. He has presented papers and delivered lectures at various fora in India and abroad. He contributes regularly to Annual Survey of Indian Law, published by the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and is a contributing author of Halsbuiys Laws of India. Dr Jayakumar is the editor of Kerala University Journal of Legal Studies and a member of the editorial board of the Academy Law Review since 1977. His main areas of teaching and research are administrative law, jurisprudence, international law and human rights.
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