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In the established tradition of the clarendon law series international law is both an introduction to the subject and a critical consideration of its central themes and debates the book explores the scope and function of international law and explains how it helps to underpin our international political and economic systems. The clarendon law series provides general introductions to various fields of law and legal theory the volumes are primarily designed for law students but also intended to be accessible to students of history philosophy economics and other social sciences as well as the general reader. The opening chapters of the book explain how international law underpins the international political and economic system by establishing the basic principle of the independence of states and their right to choose their own political economic and cultural systems. Celebrated for their conceptual clarity titles in the clarendon law series offer concise accessible overviews of major fields of law and legal thought international law is both an introduction to the subject and a critical consideration of its central themes and debates