International Responsibility Today—Essays In Memory Of Oscar Schachter

Law scholars, many currently or formerly serving national or international governments, focus on international responsibility, only one of the several major interests of Columbia University law professor Schachter (1915-2003). The 36 essays cover general issues and specific concerns of state responsibility, state responsibility and the courts, and the responsibility of international organizations and other non-state entities. Among the specific topics are legal injury as the tip of the iceberg in the law of state responsibility, the limits of international responsibility in the protection of foreign investments, injured and non-injured states before the International Court of Justice, and whether the European Community requires special treatment. Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Maurizio Ragazzi, LLM (Columbia) and DPhil (Oxford), is Senior Counsel, specializing in international law, at The World Bank, and the editor of this book in his private capacity, as a former pupil of Oscar Schachter.