Six subjects, 806 pages, written for 2026 and current to August 2026. Not a reprint of a textbook that closed its manuscript in 2021.
Public international law, human rights, humanitarian law, international criminal law, environmental law and the law of the sea, each as a complete self-contained guide with its own Table of Cases, Table of Treaties, worked examples and revision material.
Every proposition carries its legal status
The guides mark rules as SETTLED, GENERALLY ACCEPTED, TREATY-SPECIFIC, CONTESTED or UNCERTAIN. You can tell at a glance the difference between a rule you may state flatly and one that needs an argument, which is the distinction examiners and supervisors actually test. Free online summaries leave that judgment entirely to you.
The law is current
The environmental guide covers the ITLOS climate advisory opinion of 21 May 2024, the Inter-American Court's Advisory Opinion OC-32/25, the ICJ's climate opinion of 23 July 2025, and the United States' withdrawal from the Paris Agreement taking effect on 27 January 2026. The law of the sea guide covers the BBNJ Agreement, in force since January 2026. The human rights guide covers KlimaSeniorinnen and Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia. The criminal law guide covers the Duterte proceedings and the Netanyahu and Gallant warrants.
Cases are cited, not gestured at
Nicaragua, Tadić, Lubanga, Akayesu, North Sea Continental Shelf, Barcelona Traction, Velásquez Rodríguez, Pulp Mills, South China Sea, among many others. Each with the holding, what its authority is for, and where its authority stops.
The six guides
Public International Law · 91 pages — sources, treaties, statehood, jurisdiction, immunities, State responsibility, use of force, dispute settlement
International Human Rights Law · 121 pages — the UN and regional systems compared, State obligations, extraterritoriality, derogations, enforcement
International Humanitarian Law · 160 pages — conflict classification, the Geneva Conventions, targeting, detention, occupation, war crimes
International Criminal Law · 149 pages — the four core crimes compared, modes of liability, ICC jurisdiction and procedure, immunities
International Environmental Law · 187 pages — principles, climate law, biodiversity, marine protection, dispute settlement
International Law of the Sea · 98 pages — UNCLOS, the zonal map, navigation, delimitation, fisheries, the Area
What it costs against the alternative
Shaw's International Law (9th edition, Cambridge) lists at £47 in paperback and covers one subject. This is six subjects for €29.99, under four cents a page, downloadable in about a minute.
Not sure yet? Download the free 37-page sample below. It is taken unchanged from the guides.
