Custom, power and the power of rules : international relations and customary international law

Michael Byers

This book sets out to explain the most foundational aspect of international law in international relations terms. By doing so it goes straight to the central problem of international law - that although legally speaking all states are equal, socially speaking they clearly are not. An ambitious and controversial book

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Byers, Michael
Publisher:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
Subject:	Gewohnheitsrecht \| Customary law \| Welt \| World \| Internationale Beziehungen \| International relations \| Internationales Recht \| International law \| Macht \| Power
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xxii, 250 p) 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Hochschulschrift
Language:	English
Thesis:	Revised PhD. thesis - University of Cambridge, 1996
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of cases; Table of treaties; Abbreviations; 1 Law and power; 2 Law and international relations; 3 Power and international law; 4 The principle of jurisdiction; 5 The principle of personality; 6 The principle of reciprocity; 7 The principle of legitimate expectation; 8 Fundamental problems of customary international law; 9 International relations and the process of customary international law; 10 Related issues; 11 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-521-63408-3 ; 0-521-63289-7 ; 978-0-521-63289-8
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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