Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law

by Peter Malanczuk

Book Overview

Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law continues to offer a concise and accessible overview of the concepts, themes and issues central to international law. This fully updated eighth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041511120X
• ISBN13: 9780415111201
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Good book, good price

This book is the essential guide to international law. Not only does it cover important themes and treaties over every conceivable topic, it does so without too much legal jargon and too much dumbing down. It hits the perfect average reading level and provides citations to the primary sources from which statements are taken for further research and understanding. It is extrememly well organized. Truly, this is the best comprehensive book on international law available to the average person.

Best introductory text available

Building on Akehurst's sound work, Malanczuk provides an accessible but not simplistic introduction to the field. While not as practice-oriented as, for example, Brownlie's , it has a theoretical component that other texts generally lack. It is also - for an introductory text - a very good first point of reference.

A very good international law book

"Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law" by Peter Malanczuk is one of the best books on International Law for scholars and students of law, now a days. The text was re-written by Professor Peter Malanczuk (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) with aditional information based on the new developments like International Environmental Law or International Economic Law.Certainly the basics of the book correspond to older editions, but new chapters make it a clear example of an "International Law" book than a modest "Introduction".The text is well written and the concepts are in order. However, definitions about important international legal institutions were missed, for example, International Environmental Law, Custom, etc. These and other definitions are important for students in order to have clarity on the institutions and the subject.The book, however, is well structured, keeping the interest of the reader on the topics of International Law and giving information on every topic to search further on in other sources.I hope that the book will have translation to other languages.

Interesting and informative

As a student studying Political Economy, and hoping to pursue International Law at the graduate level - I find this book to be informative and an enjoyable read. Not only has the author taken steps to make sure the content is interesting and detailed, but the material is also unusually absorbing and has me "hooked".

A new, valuable introduction to Int'L Law

The 7th edition of this classic among student textbooks builds upon the clarity and stile Michael Akehurst was famous for, and gives an up to date introduction to International Law. The author, Peter Malanczuk, Professor of International Law at the University of Amsterdam, included systematic references which will enable the reader to begin a journey into the advanced subjects of the Law - if he/she so wishes. Malanczuks perspective is broad and serves the needs both of students in International Law and in International Relations.