Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary International Law

Michael Byers

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511491269

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. As such it is an ambitious and controversial book which will be of interest to all international relations scholars and students and practitioners of international law.

"Byer's book is a provocative attempt to bring together international relations theory and the study of evolving customary international law, those unwritten, informal rules that are binding upon states. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice

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Foreword by James Crawford
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Table of cases
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Table of treaties
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List of abbreviations
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Part 1 - An interdisciplinary perspective
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1 - Law and power
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2 - Law and international relations
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3 - Power and international law
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Part 2 - International law and the application of power
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4 - The principle of jurisdiction
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5 - The principle of personality
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6 - The principle of reciprocity
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7 - The principle of legitimate expectation
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Part 3 - The process of customary international law
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8 - Fundamental problems of customary international law
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9 - International relations and the process of customary international law
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10 - Related issues
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11 - Conclusions
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Bibliography
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Foreword by James Crawford
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiii

Acknowledgments
pp xiv-xv

Table of cases
pp xvi-xviii

Table of treaties
pp xix-xx

List of abbreviations
pp xxi-xxii

Part 1 - An interdisciplinary perspective
pp 1-2

1 - Law and power
pp 3-20

2 - Law and international relations
pp 21-34

3 - Power and international law
pp 35-50

Part 2 - International law and the application of power
pp 51-52

4 - The principle of jurisdiction
pp 53-74

5 - The principle of personality
pp 75-87

6 - The principle of reciprocity
pp 88-105

7 - The principle of legitimate expectation
pp 106-126

Part 3 - The process of customary international law
pp 127-128

8 - Fundamental problems of customary international law
pp 129-146

9 - International relations and the process of customary international law
pp 147-165

10 - Related issues
pp 166-203

11 - Conclusions
pp 204-221

Bibliography
pp 222-246

Index
pp 247-250

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