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This new edition of the definitive reference work on international law contains over 1,800 articles covering the full history and breadth of public international law, written by the world's leading experts. Each article includes a carefully selected bibliography of the most important writings as a guide to further reading.
I was very impressed by MPEPIL. I will certainly refer my students
The final component for public international law research is commentary. This component is the hardest to acquire electronically. Westlaw, LexisNexis, and HeinOnline offer databases of law review articles, but serious researchers will also demand treatises-classics of international law, and current monographs. The key building block here is the newly available database, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, from Oxford University Press. No PIL collection could attain respectability without this work.
MPEPIL is already a valuable research and reference tool. A subscription to this database should be considered by all academic law libraries.
The resource has a wide coverage, including economic, humanitarian, environmental, and other aspects of international law, it will be a valuable addition to the existing databases and could be used across the law school
Whether you need to understand an international legal concept or theory or have a specific question about the importance of a particular case or the context of an event, the Encyclopedia of Public International Law online will prove to be an invaluable first stop for your international law research.
MPEPIL online edition appears as a very useful tool for users wishing to gain general knowledge on a specific topic or as a starting point for researching the doctrine and case law on a specific issue
It is a fantastic resource
This monumental resource will be useful for scholarly researchers and practitioners in the area of public and international law. Academic libraries and corporate law libraries should consider adding it to their digital collections
Rüdiger Wolfrum is the Director of the Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg.