by Peter Malanczuk
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First published in 1970, A Modern Introduction to International Law rapidly established itself as the most widely used and successful textbook in its field. This seventh edition has now been completely revised and updated to take account of many new developments. A Modern Introduction to International Law covers a variety of topics, from diplomatic immunity to human rights, and from recognition of government to war crimes. The book is original in several respects. The author is particularly concerned with the relationship between international law and international politics, and he devotes special attention to such controversial topics as self- determination and the expropriation of foreign-owned property where the conflicting interests and attitudes of different states are most apparent.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 a little dated, but..., 2006-07-11
I'll second the previous reviewer's call for an updated edition. Apparently the next edition, the 8th, is due for release in February 2008.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Time for an 8th Edition? , 2006-01-01
Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law provides a sound basis for understanding the United Nations, treaties, and international law. The only drawback to the book is that the material is becoming somewaht dated with its 1997 copyright.
The book has gone through a number of reprints in between 1998 and 2004 leading me to suggest a 8th edition for 2006. The book
provided an academic premier for a course in Space Law. I enjoyed the Latin legal terms spread throughout the text. I do recommend that the reader have some prior knowledge of the law to more fully appreciate the text.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Good book, good price, 2005-10-25
This book is the essential guide to international law. Not only does it cover important themes and treaties over every conceivable topic, it does so without too much legal jargon and too much dumbing down. It hits the perfect average reading level and provides citations to the primary sources from which statements are taken for further research and understanding. It is extrememly well organized. Truly, this is the best comprehensive book on international law available to the average person.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Best introductory text available, 2004-10-27
Building on Akehurst's sound work, Malanczuk provides an accessible but not simplistic introduction to the field. While not as practice-oriented as, for example, Brownlie's , it has a theoretical component that other texts generally lack. It is also - for an introductory text - a very good first point of reference.
3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
Quite difficult to read, 2004-03-11
This book is quite difficult to read. The books show importnat text in italics (sometimes) not even bold, different font type etc. You really don't know what's importnat and what's not until you get it on exam. Very very difficult to navigate within a text and do a lookup of important terms or topics. The index at the end of book is also very limited. The design is like of a paperback novel - just text, text and text, with very little differences in text. The only bold words are titles of chapters and subchapters. This has been so far the most difficult textbook to read I have ever had and I usually don't have problems reading any kind of textbook.
On the other hand the information within is invaluable, and give you clear idea of what is what and what matters in international law. Sometimes the explanations and text is not well-written, some places it reads like if you are reading a legal document rather than a textbook.
The book provides a generous sample of cases.
Authors should consider improving page layout and design, and writing in a bit lighter tone.
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