This text offers an original and scholarly introduction to a number of key topics which lie at the heart of modern international law. Based upon the author's highly acclaimed Hague Academy lectures, the book introduces the student to a series of pressing problems which help reveal the complex relationship between legal norms and policy objectives which define contemporary international law.PRIZES:Winner of Professor Rosalyn Higgins QC is the Winner of the Certificate of Merit of the American Society of International Law 1995.