Research handbook on jurisdiction and immunities in international law /

Research handbook on jurisdiction and immunities in international law / edited by Alexander Orakhelashvili - United Kingdom : Edward Elgar Publishing , 2015. - 545p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Research handbooks in international law .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State jurisdiction in international law : complexities of a basic concept / The concept of jurisdiction in international law / Universal jurisdiction : concept, logic and reality / Jurisdiction of states and the law of the sea / State immunity from jurisdiction between law, comity and ideology / Shared foundations and conceptual differentiation in immunities from jurisdiction / Immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of national courts / The UK State Immunity Act 1978 : history, scope and relation to international law / Treaties on state immunity : the 1972 and 2004 Conventions / Foreign state immunity : a private international law analysis / The status of armed forces in public international law : jurisdiction and immunity / Immunity from execution / Torture, jurisdiction and immunity : theories and practices in search of one another / Immunities and international criminal tribunals / Jurisdictional immunity of international organizations : from abstract functionality to absolute immunity / Alexander Orakhelashvili -- Cedric Ryngaert -- Sienho Yee -- Yoshifumi Tanaka -- Alexander Orakhelashvili -- J. Craig Barker -- Elizabeth Helen Franey -- Alexander Orakhelashvili -- Alexander Orakhelashvili -- Richard Garnett -- Aurel Sari -- Xiaodong Yang -- François Larocque -- Robert Cryer -- Alexander Orakhelashvili.

This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the international law of jurisdiction and immunities, illustrating those aspects in which the law of jurisdiction and law of immunities are mutually interdependent, as well as shedding light on the implications of that interdependence. With authoritative contributions from recognized experts, it offers an impartial perspective on the applicable international law, independent from any positions held in governmental or other institutional circles

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Jurisdiction (International law)
Privileges and immunities.

KZ4017 / .R47 2015

341.33 / ALE