Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International LawEdited by Rudiger Wolfrum, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative

Public Law and International Law

The definitive reference work on public

international law

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OverviewA comprehensive analytical resource covering the entirety of public international law

This major reference work, published in partnership with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, is a fully updated and expanded online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law which was published between 1991 and 2001.

MPEPIL contains:

•Over 1,400 articles on over 30 different subject areas within public international law

•Written and edited by over 800 scholars and practitioners from more than 70 different countries

•Each article is peer reviewed by members of the MPEPIL Advisory Board

•The Oxford Law Citator – a state-of-the-art navigation tool which provides direct links between related cases, articles, and additional materials

A resource for everyone

MPEPIL provides reliable and extensive information to a wide range of users

•Lecturers can set articles as reading for their students as MPEPIL provides a wider and more up-to-date range of materials than are available in any textbook

•Specialist scholars and researchers will find coverage of a vast number of subjects outside of their area of expertise. In addition MPEPIL articles provide a perfect starting point for researching journal articles or conference papers, and for checking facts

•With ever-increasing use of public international law in domestic courts and arbitral tribunals, MPEPIL provides the practitioner with concise, trustworthy guidance on the law as it stands

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the subject

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Fully linked articles

Introducing the Oxford Law Citator MPEPIL features the Oxford Law Citator – a state-of-the-art navigation tool which provides direct links between related cases, articles, and

additional materials

The Citator increases the efficiency of legal research by integrating the content of all online law resources from Oxford University Press. In MPEPIL, direct links allow users to move easily between articles about specific cases and decisions, and the reports and full texts of those decisions in Oxford Reports on International Law and Investment Claims.

By clicking on the Citator logo within an article, or by clicking on any of the links throughout the article, the user is taken to the Oxford Law Citator pages, which provide the following:

• General information on the referenced item

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• Links to related cases, instruments, and expert commentary

• Links to previous and subsequent stages in the same set of proceedings

Introducing the Oxford Law Citator

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Overview of material

Lists of other materials within the same

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