British Influences on International Law, 1915–2015

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Contents

Preface

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Authors’ Biographies

1: Introduction – From Grotius to Higgins: British Influences on International Law 1915–2015

Part 1: Sources of International Law

2: The Influence of English Courts on the Development of International Law

3: Marking Foreign Policy by Justice: The Legal Advisers to the Foreign Office, 1876–1953

4: Britain and Europe: Managing Revolution

5: British Influences on the ‘Ideals’ of International Lawyers

Part 2: International Legal Responsibilities

6: British Influence on the Law of Treaties

7: British Contributions to the Concept of Recognition during the Interwar Period: Williams, Baty and Lauterpacht

8: British Contribution to the Law on Immunity

9: British Influence on the Law of the Sea 1915–2015

10: British Influences on International Environmental Law: The Case of Wildlife Conservation

Part 3: International Human Rights Law

11: The Influence of British Courts on the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

12: The Contribution of British ngos to the Development of International Law

13: Britain’s Influence on the Regulation of the Slave Trade in the Twentieth Century

Part 4: War, Armed Conflict and International Criminal Law

14: Contributions of British International Lawyers to the Law on the Use of Force

15: The British Influence on the Development of the Laws of War and the Punishment of War Criminals: From the Grotius Society to the United Nations War Crimes Commission

16: The British and the Nuremberg Trial

17: British Contribution to the Law of Neutrality: Principle and Practice

18: Historical Reflections on the Criminalisation of Terrorism under International Law from the League of Nations to R v Mohammed Gul: How Britain has Swollen the Tide of Obscurity

Part 5: Individuals

19: The Progressive Conception of International Law: Brierly and Lauterpacht in the Interbellum Period

20: International Law and the Illusion of Novelty: Georg Schwarzenberger

21: Juridical Investigations: Martin Wight as International Lawyer

22: The Contribution of the uk Bar to International Law

Index