Oxford Scholarly Authority International Law
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1. How many book titles are now on Oxford Scholarly Authority International Law
(OSAIL)?
Hint: Browse all- Narrow Your Choice by book titles
2. Who edited the book, Satow’s Diplomatic Practice- 6th edition?
Hint: Quick Search “Satow’s Diplomatic Practice”
3. Give the name of a book on International Environmental Law.
Hint: Browse by subject
4. According to the book, Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Copenhagen, and
beyond, the Chinese State Council Information Office issued a White Paper entitled
‘China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change’. Find the link to the
white paper?
Hint: Quick search the book, search within the book- “China”
5. The first treaty for the ordering of air law on a multilateral basis was the Paris
Convention for the Regulation of Aerial Navigation. When was this drawn up and how
many governments signed it?
Hint: Quick search the convention, locate it in book, Oppenheim
6. Search any book about Emission Trading in the US.
Hint: Quick search “emission trading, US” or Advanced search
7. Bruno Simma, Judge at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal and former Judge at the
International Court of Justice; Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law
School is the Consultant Editor of OSAIL. How many chapters written by him are
included in OSAIL?
Hint: Advanced search Author- Bruno Simma
8. If the content of the book is revised or corrected, users can set up an alert to email
notifications of changes. Do you know how to do this?
Hint: Chapter level, on the left hand of the page- sign up for alerts
9. Oxford Handbooks is one of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s
scholarly publishing, containing in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of
their field. According to Chapter 2.4 of Oxford Handbook of International Environment
Law, when did international environmental law emerge as a distinct academic
discipline?
Hint: Browse by subject, Narrow your choice - book title
10. On page 28, The 1972 World Heritage Convention: A Commentary, which elements
are considered ‘cultural heritage’ for the purposes of the Convention?
Hint: Quick search this book, on the chapter page, CNTL+F
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Answer
1. 2. Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG
3. - The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law etc.
4. http://www.ccchina.gov.cn/WebSite/CCChina/UpFile/File419.pdf
5. 1919, 26 governments
6. Legal Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Copenhagen, and beyond
7. 4 chapters
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8.9. by the end of the 1980s
10. Monuments, groups of buildings, sites
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