International Law, Sixth Edition (Aspen Casebooks)

Thoroughly revised and updated, the Sixth Edition addresses major developments in international law and new issues and challenges arising from developments in the U.N., U.S., NATO, and other countries with respect to Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and North Korea.

A leading casebook in its field, International Law also features:

• an effective overview of international law that lays the groundwork for the topics that follow

The Sixth Edition brings timely coverage and analysis of developing law:

• international efforts to address global climate change and other international environmental matters
• updates to U.S. counter-terrorism policies regarding detention, torture, and rendition, including Boumediene v. Bush
• other recent Supreme Court decisions in Medellin v. Texas (treaties), Samantar v. Yousef (foreign official immunity), and Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank (extraterritorial jurisdiction)
• revised European Union sections reflecting passage of the Lisbon Treaty
• important decisions by international courts such as Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, the major European Court of Human Rights decision on same-sex marriage