DescriptionMost textbooks on International Law contain foreign examples too distant for the African undergraduate law students. The dearth of text with local examples has therefore persisted till now. This book, written to fill that vacuum, not only draws many examples from the African situation but also gives prominence to popular cases cited in western textbooks.The author’s position is that International Law is necessary in International Relations and should guide the conduct of States irrespective of their wealth, sizes, development, population or power. He focuses on what States do and what they ought to do. He looks at the varying interpretations of the law from points of view of the East, West and the Non-Aligned, and emphasizes the ones that are mutually beneficial to all. This he does objectively to enhance the acceptability of International Law to which, he says, there is no viable alternative.The treatment of such sensitive issues as Human Rights, The Use of Force in International Law, Settlement of International Disputes, and Immunity from jurisdiction is illuminating and arresting.The language and style of writing are simple and elegant for easy understanding and will therefore appeal to the general reader, foreign office officials, legal practitioners and law students.
