Includes bibliographical references and index.

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