New Book Published on International Law and Dispute Settlement

A new book edited by Nigel White , Professor of Public International Law, along with Professor Duncan French (University of Sheffield) and Dr Matthew Saul (University of Durham) is published this month by Hart publishers. The book is entitled International Law and Dispute Settlement: New Problems and Techniques , and contains chapters from the editors and from distinguished writers such as Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford) and James Crawford (Cambridge), re-examining the role of dispute settlement in international law. International dispute settlement plays a fundamental role in maintaining the fabric of the international legal order, reflecting the desire of States, and increasingly non-State actors, to resolve their differences through international dispute procedures and other legal mechanisms. This edited collection focuses upon the growth and complexity of such legal methods, which includes judicial settlement (courts and tribunals), arbitration and other legal (or what might be termed 'extra-legal') means (international organisations, committees, inspection panels, and ombudspersons).The book was published to mark the retirement of Professor John Merrills (Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Sheffield).