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With this purchase, you will receive access to the Connected eBook on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Written by three of the leading International Law scholars in the nation, this casebook employs a unique problem-based approach to examining international issues. Using real-life case studies as teaching problems, the text explores the processes for making and applying international law with an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond mere doctrinal explanation. New to the Sixth Edition: New problems concerning the Chagos Islands dispute, the South-China Sea Dispute, Indigenous peoples, Western Sahara, Gaza, and International Financial Institutions Updates on key legal developments concerning human rights, climate change litigation, and trade and investment law New discussions of interdisciplinary and critical perspectives, in light of recent developments in the world Benefits for instructors and students: Contemporary problems as a vehicle for learning international legal norms and processes for making decisions Clear explanations of legal norms and institutions Interdisciplinary and pragmatic approaches to international law with attention to the law’s relevance in global affairs Careful selection and editing of primary materials to produce a casebook of teachable dimensions Inclusion of maps, charts, and photographs Casebook website offering relevant texts and updates