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PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

Ian Brownlie Principles of Public International Law [Princípy medzinárodného verejného práva] First edition, Bratislava: EUROKÓDEX, Ltd. Pan European University, 2013, 868 p. Professor Ian Brownlie’s work was translated into the Slovak language from the English original “Principles of Public International Law”, seventh edition, issued by the Oxford University Press in 2008 (784 pages, ISBN: 019921770X) by a team of translators: Radoslav Svitana − head of the translation team and translator of Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 29 and 30, Michaela Rišová (Chapters 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23), Katarína Svitanov á (Chapters 19, 20, 31 and 32 ), Katarína Šmigová, (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 25, 26 and 33 ), Michaela Vavríková (Chapters 24, 27 and 28). Professional guarantors of the translation were: Vlasta Kunová, and Miroslav Slašťan, both Vice – Rectors and Associate Professors at the Pan European University in Bratislava. It is quite difficult to write a profound and meaningful review of this work which for many years (the first edition was published in 1966 and eight editions have been presented since then − the last in October 2012) has been considered essentially as the “Bible” of international law. During its existence this famous, significant and fundamental work (monograph) dealing with international law has been evaluated and reviewed by many highly esteemed experts, undoubtedly from the perspective of the wider professional community (legal practitioners, teachers, diplomats, students of law faculties, politics, etc.). Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, FBA (19 September 1932, Liverpool − 3 January 2010, Cairo) was a British practising barrister specialising in international law and a leading international personality respected for his knowledge, integrity and independence. After an education at HertfordCollege, Oxford, he was called to the Bar byGray’s Inn in 1958 and was a tenant at Blackstone Chambers from 1983 until his death on 3 January 2010. During his academic career he taught at the University of Leeds, the University of Nottingham, and Wadham College, Oxford (where he was a Fellow). He was a professor of international law at the London School of Economics between 1976 and 1980. From 1980 to 1999 he was Chichele Professor of Public International Law and a Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford; he was appointed a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls in 2004. He also served as an advisor to United States President Jimmy Carter during the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis. The cases in which he argued before the International

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