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Asia and International Law: A New Era

 

International Law
Special Panel in Honour of Professor R.P. Anand

The Third Biennial Conference of the
Asian Society of International Law

28 August 2011


This panel, held at the Third Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, honours the life and work of the late Professor R.P. Anand. Panellists discuss the impact that Professor Anand had on their work and on the development of international law.

Moderator:
Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice

Panel Speakers:

Professor Surya Subedi, University of Leeds
Professor Bhupinder Chimni, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Professor Antony Anghie, University of Utah
Professor M. Sornarajah, National University of Singapore


Video
(28/8/2011, 82 minutes)

Courtesy of the Asian Society of International Law
Special Panel in Honour of Professor R.P. Anand
A. Legal Instruments
Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Paris, 10 December 1948.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 993, p. 3.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Montego Bay, 10 December 1982, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1833, p.3.

Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (with final act, annexes and protocol), Marrakesh, 15 April 1994, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1867, p. 3.

B. Documents
General Assembly resolution 3281 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974 (Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States).

C. Doctrine
C.H. Alexandrowicz, An Introduction to the History of the Law of Nations in the East Indies (16th, 17th and 18th Centuries), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1967.

R.P. Anand, New States and International Law, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1972.

R.P. Anand (ed.), Law of the Sea: Caracas and Beyond, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 1980.

R.P. Anand, Origin and Development of the Law of the Sea: History of International Law Revisited, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague/Boston/London, 1983.

R.P. Anand, Confrontation or Cooperation?: International Law and the Developing Countries, Banyan Publications, New Delhi, 1984.

R.P. Anand, Sovereign Equality of States in International Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 1986.

R.P Anand, “Valedictory Address”, in R.P. Anand/R. Khan/S. Bhatt (eds.), Law, Science and Environment, Lancers Books, New Delhi, 1987.

R.P. Anand, Studies in International Law and History: An Asian Perspective, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden/Boston, 2004.

R.P. Anand, Development of Modern International Law and India, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 2005.

J.E.S. Fawcett, “Review of R.P. Anand, New States and International Law”, International Affairs, Oct. 1973.

H. Grotius, Mare Liberum (The Freedom of the Seas), 1609.

D.P. O’Connell, International Law for Students, Stevens & Sons, London, 1971.

Y. Onuma, A Transcivilizational Perspective on International Law, Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, 2010.

L. Wittgenstein, Culture and Value, G.H. von Wright (ed.), P. Winch (trans.), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1984.