Wade Mansell, Professor of International Law at Kent Law School and the founder of Law programmes at BSIS, has just published, together with his former PhD student Karen Openshaw, International Law- A Critical Introduction with Hart Publishing. Professor Mansell, now retired, developed the module ‘Legal Aspects of Contemporary International Problems’ at KLS and taught it for many years both in Canterbury and Brussels. International law- A Critical Introduction is not just testament to Professor Mansell’s long and distinguished career in teaching and research, but also to the distinctive approach to teaching international law at KLS and BSIS that he inspired.
As the publisher describes the book:
‘This book provides a critical introduction to the concepts, principles and rules of international law through a consideration of contemporary international events. It provides ways of considering the relevance of international law to particular disputes and also an appreciation of both the possibilities and limitations of legal method in international disputes. This in turn necessitates an examination of the relationship between international law and power. Thus rather than studying international law as a system of rules that purports to govern, or at least constrain, the international community, this book considers the actual effects of international law upon international disagreements.’