Basic Documents in International Law

This edited collection of Basic Documents is the most authoritative selection of essential international law materials. Now in its fourth edition, this hugely popular textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised to incorporate all relevant developments. As with previous editions, the aim is to provide the student and practitioner with a carefully edited selection of key basic documents, and this new edition will continue to be the first point of reference for all those interested in International Law.

Since the first edition appeared in 1967, this collection of basic texts has become an established aid to practising lawyers and students of law. Major additions in this edition include: the Convention on the Law of the Sea (Parts I to X and the first two sections of Part XI), the Charter of Economic Rights, and Duties of States.

Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, is a Barrister at Blackstone's Chambers in London and Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was re-elected to the International Law Commission for a third five-year term in 2006 on the nomination of the Governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and India, and was elected Chairman in 2007.