Consolidated Edition

This work, published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany, cont ains approximately 1300 articles on all important international legal problems and institutions as well as the major decisions of international courts and tribunals.

Each of the 12 instalments contains, on average, over 100 entries arranged in alphabetical order, covering broadly a specific subject area.

The articles are extensively cross-references to facilitate the use of the Encyclopedia.

The areas covered in the several instalments do not represent subdivisions of a preconceived system of public international law; they have been chosen with regard to practical considerations.