Introduction 1
PART 17 International Institutional Law 3
44 Introduction to The Charter of the United Nations:A Commentary&Bruno SIMMA 5
45 Statecraft, trade and the order of states&Ari Afilalo And Dennis Patterson 54
PART 18 Law of the Sea 87
46 The rule of law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea&Bernard H.Oxman 89
47 Power sharing in the Law of the Sea&Philip Allott 108
PART 19 International Environmental Law 141
48 Environmental security and global change: the challenge to international law&Gunther Handl 143
49 The environment, community and international law&Phillippe J.Sands 176
PART 20 International Economic Law 203
50 Economic integration: new forms of partnership&jean monnet 205
51 The transformation of Europe&Joseph Weiler 213
52 From politics to technocracy - and back again: the fate of the multilateral trading regime&Robert Howse 294
PART 21 Protection of Private Investments Under Public International Law 327
53 Why LDCs sign treaties that hurt them: explaining the popularity of bilateral investment treaties&Andrew T.Guzman 329
PART 22 Social Dimension of International Law 371
54 ‘Core labour standards' and the transformation of the international labour rights regime&Philip Alston 373
55 Core labour rights: the true story （reply to Alston）&Brian A.Langille 442
56 International law and the legitimate determination of risk:is democratising expertise the answer?&Jacqueline peel 472
PART 23 Human Rights 491
57 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights&Hersch lauterpacht 493
58 The changing fortunes of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: genesis and symbolic dimensions of the turn to rights in international law&jochen von Bernstorff 522
59 Address to the United Nations General Assembly of 18 April 2008&His Holiness Benedictus xvi Joseph Ratzger 546
60 Justice and human rights: reflections on the address of Pope Benedict to the UN&Mary Anne Glendon 553
PART 24 Consular Law and Diplomatic Immunity 561
61 International law immunities and the International Criminal Court&Dapo Akande 563
PART 25 Neutrality 601
62 The law of peace&A.Pearce Higgins 603
63 The traditional legal concept of neutrality in a changing environment&Derlev F.vagts 607