This book provides a critical introduction to the concepts, principles and rules of international law through a consideration of contemporary international events. It provides ways of considering the relevance of international law to particular disputes and also an appreciation of both the possibil[...]
The aim of this text is to attempt to understand the role of law in the wider world rather than simply in its own terms. Law is considered as ideology and as politics, and a political critique of law's role in facilitating a capitalist world is presented.[...]