The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

• Print edition of the leading reference work in international law
• Written by over 800 scholars and practitioners drawn from all over the world
• Suitable for practitioners, scholarly researchers, and taught courses in international law
• Each article has been rigorously peer reviewed by the members of the advisory board with relevant specialist expertise

New to this edition

• Reflects modern developments with greatly increased coverage of international criminal law, international dispute settlement, trade law and environmental law
• More than 700 new topics not covered in the previous edition

Readership: Scholars and students of international law; counsel, judges and arbitrators involved in international law cases; and government legal advisers.

Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director, Max-Planck Institute for International and Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg

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