INTERNATIONAL LAW, Sixth edition

PREFACE
The fifth edition of this book that appeared in 2003 has been extensively
revised. To mark the growing importance of the international prosecution
of alleged war criminals and others accused of egregious crimes, a
new chapter on Individual Criminal Responsibility in International Law
has been introduced. The chapter on Air and Space Law has had to be
removed, with the section on Outer Space being moved to the chapter
on Territory. The increasing significance of the International Court of
Justice is recognised by devoting a separate chapter to it. The section on
the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has been moved to the
chapter on the Law of the Sea. The other chapters in the book have been
re-examined, updated and, where necessary, rewritten. I have also been
able to correct some errors. I am particularly delighted that the book
has been translated into, among other languages, Chinese, Polish, Hungarian
and Portuguese and I am very grateful for the work of all those
involved.
I would especially like to thank Sinead Moloney of Cambridge
University Press for her encouragement, assistance and above all patience.
Particular gratitude is owed to Merel Alstein for her meticulous research
assistance and for updating the web reference section. I am, once again,
very grateful to Diane Ilott for her careful and thorough copy-editing and
to Maureen MacGlashan for so carefully preparing the index and tables
respectively. A debt remains to Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC for his encouragement
in the early development of this work. I also remain grateful to
my many colleagues from many countries for their advice and encouragement,
while reassuring them that all responsibility for the end product
rests squarely with me.
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