Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International Organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts; estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : persons and property -- International human rights -- International criminal justice -- The claims process -- Third-party settlement of international disputes -- The use of threat of force by states.