Introduction -- The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of stateshood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, Estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of coporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : persons and property -- International human rights -- International criminal justice -- The claims process -- Third-party settlement of international disputes -- The use of threat of force by states.
general note
"Despite ... changes, the text of the 8th edition is still essentially Brownlie's. But I [Crawford] have not hesitated to modify it where this seemed to be appropriate in the interests of clarity, concision, current priorities, or the need to reflect developments." - p. xviii.
Former editions known as : Principles of public international law / by Ian Brownlie.