Vademecum of International Law - Tomáš Mach

Wolters Kluwer - <p>Vademecum of International law, as the label of this textbook indicates, is</p><p>a brief handbook of public international law. The objective of this textbook</p><p>is to provide its readers with a coherent introduction into the study of public</p><p>international law. This textbook therefore explains the main concepts and</p><p>institutions of public international law. In doing so, where appropriate, the text</p><p>takes into consideration historic origins and development of the respective</p><p>institutions of public international law, as well as the historic development of</p><p>public international law as a whole.</p><p>This textbook also deliberately includes extensive quotations of both</p><p>primary texts (such as court decisions or texts of international treaties) as well</p><p>as thoughts of influential writers in the respective fields of public international</p><p>law. The resort to extensive quotations should provide the reader with first</p><p>hand resources without the (always subjective) deformation of the respective</p><p>source via paraphrasing.</p><p>This textbook is not intended to serve as an all-encompassing textbook</p><p>or encyclopedia. After all, for that it would be too short in the first place.</p><p>The objective here is to provide the reader with a basic introduction into</p><p>the key areas of public international law, foundations upon which one</p><p>can built further study. The reason is that this book is primarily intended</p><p>as a main textbook for a one semester course called Introduction to Public</p><p>International Law taught at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and</p><p>frequented primarily by Erasmus exchange students for whom English is in</p><p>most cases a foreign language. In doing so, this textbook leaves out certain</p><p>areas of public international law that ought to be read elsewhere, inter alia:</p><p>material maritime law, international criminal law, space law, aviation law,</p><p>international environmental law, and human rights law. Other areas are</p><p>discussed in volume and depth appropriate to a one semester course in</p><p>a qualifying law degree program.</p>