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Welcome to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law

Welcome to the online edition of the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, edited by Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. This comprehensive resource contains peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law, and is essential for anyone researching or teaching international law.

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What's New

The August 2011 update adds 95 new articles. Highlights include new overview articles on Law of the Sea, International Economic Law, and State Immunity, as well as several articles on aspects of the international financial system such as Debt Crisis, Monetary Unions and Monetary Zones, and the Bank for International Settlements .

There will be a further update of new articles just prior to the publication of the print edition of the Encyclopedia in early 2012.

There are now 1,389 articles live .

View a list of the most recently published and updated articles.

View a complete list of all planned articles, including those not yet published.

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Links and Cross References

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View a complete list of abbreviations used in the Encyclopedia.

Reviews of the Encyclopedia

"No public international law collection could attain respectability without this work"
Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, University of Minnesota Law Library

"This monumental resource will be useful for scholarly researchers and practitioners in the area of public international law"
Shannon Graff Hysell, American Reference Books Annual

"The Encyclopedia of Public International Law online will prove to be an invaluable first stop for your international law research"
Seattle University Law Library
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