The Book
A Concise Introduction to International Law by Professor Attila Tanzi, Professor of International Law at the University of Bologna
About the book
A Concise Introduction to International Law provides a broad-brush overview of international law and its functioning. Its key legal institutions are explained as part of the international social and political process. They are compared with domestic legal systems, highlighting both differences and similarities, while emphasizing the crucial relevance of domestic implementation of international rules. In addition to the structural aspects of international law, the principal bodies of international substantive rules of conduct are illustrated, with special focus on the law governing the use of force, international criminal law and justice, investment and trade law, the law of the sea, human rights law, environmental law, jurisdictional immunities, and migration law.
Throughout the text, international organizations, with particular attention to the UN, are presented as the forum for international dialogue, with international law serving as its language.
Speakers
Professor Attila Tanzi (University of Bologna)
Commentators:
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice (QMUL) and Professor Philippa Webb (Oxford)
Schedule
18:00 - Book Launch
19:30 - Drinks reception (sponsored by 3VB Chambers)
20:15 - Close
About the author
ATTILA M. TANZI
Ph.D., Chair of International Law at the University of Bologna; President of the Italian Branch of the International Law Association; a Member of the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and a conciliator of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration. Associate Member of 3 Verulam Buildings, London. As counsel or arbitrator in various interstate, investment and commercial international litigation, he is regularly engaged by governments and international organisations on matters of international law. A guest lecturer at universities in the four continents, he has published extensively in English, French and Spanish on key aspects of international law and international organisations.
