Includes index.

Includes a chapter (p. 357-382) with sources for international legal research.

ch. 3. States and international organizations -- I. Introduction -- II. States -- 3-1. Recognition doctrine generally -- 3-2. Recognition of states -- 3-3. Dissolution of the USSR -- 3-4. Recognition of governments -- 3-5. Recognition in U.S. practice -- III. International organizations generally --- 3-6. Nature of international organizations -- 3-7. Operational legal issues -- 3-8. Historical background -- IV. United Nations -- 3-9. U.N. Charter -- 3-10. Nature and function -- 3-11. International constitutional supremacy -- 3-12. U.N. organs -- 3-13. Voting procedures -- 3-14. Binding character of U.N. resolutions -- 3-15. Law-making and legislative activities -- V. U.N. specialized agencies -- 3-16. Definition -- 3-17. Organizations having specialized agency status -- 3-18. Member states -- 3-19. Legislative activities -- VI. Regional organizations -- 3-20. General description -- 3-21. Basic characteristics -- 3-22. Major regional organizations -- 3-23. Membership requirements -- 3-24. Institutional structure -- 3-25. Functions and achievements -- VII. Supranational organizations -- 3-26. Meaning of supranationality -- 3-27. Supranationality and the European Union -- 3-28. Mandate of the European Union -- 3-29. EC institutional structure -- 3-20. EC law-making -- 3-31. EC law and national law -- VIII. Non-state actors -- 3-32. Non-governmental organizations --

ch. 4. International dispute settlement -- I. Introduction -- II. Non-judicial methods -- 4-1. Introduction -- 4-2. Negotiation -- 4-3. Inquiry -- 4-4. Mediation or good offices -- 4-5. Conciliation -- 4-6. Negotiation, mediation, conciliation combined -- III. Quasi-judicial methods -- 4-7. Arbitration and adjudication distinguished -- 4-8. International arbitral clauses -- 4-9. Consent to arbitrate -- 4-10. Compromise -- 4-11. Nature and composition of arbitral tribunals -- 4-12. Arbitral award -- 4-13. Applicable law and sources of law -- 4-14. International arbitration and the individual -- VI. Judicial methods -- 4-15. Introduction -- A. International Court of Justice -- 4-16. Historical development -- 4-17. Composition and institutional structure -- 1. Contentious jurisdiction -- 4-18. Bases of contentious jurisdiction -- 4-19. Reciprocity -- 4-20. U.S. Article 36(2) declaration -- 4-21. Withdrawal of U.S. declaration -- 4-22. National security considerations -- 4-23. Effect and enforcement of judgments -- 4-24. Provisional measures -- 2. Advisory jurisdiction -- 4-25. Scope of advisory jurisdiction -- 4-26. Legal character -- B. Other major international courts -- 4-27. Introduction -- 4-28. International Tribunal for the Law of the sea -- 4-29. Ad hoc international criminal tribunals -- 4-30. International Criminal Court -- 4-31. Court of Justice of the European community -- 4-32. European Court of Human Rights -- 4-33. Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- 4-34. African Court of Human and People's Rights --

ch. 5. International law of treaties -- I. Introduction -- II. Definition and conclusion of treaties -- 5-1. Definition -- 5-2. Negotiation of treaties -- 5-3. Entry into force of treaties -- 5-4. Consent to be bound by treaty -- 5-5. Signature followed by ratification -- III. Reservations -- 5-6. Definition -- 5-7. Right to make reservations -- 5-8. Acceptance and legal effect of reservations -- IV. Observance of treaties -- 5-9. Pacta sunt servanda -- 5-10. Territorial scope of treaties -- 5-11. Interpretation of treaties -- 5-12. Treaties and third states -- V. Invalidity, termination, and suspension of treaties -- 5-13. Invalidity of treaties -- 5-14. National law and invalidity -- 5-15. Termination, suspension, and breach of treaties -- 5-16. Treaties and state succession --