| Summary: | International law now theoretically makes no distinction between large and small state, and encloses in its fold a new entity as soon as it emerges as an independent state, says Anand (emeritus, international legal studies, Jawaharlal Nehru U., New Delhi), but before the United Nations, modern international law was supposed to be merely a product of the Western European Christian states or states of European origin, and applicable only between them. He delves into such questions as when European international law become universally binding, whether states that had no role in its origin can question some of its rules, how can it be changed without any supra-national authority, and whether it is in fact transforming from a European construction into a common law of all nations. Martinus-Nijhoff is an imprint of Brill. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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