Amerasinghe Chittharanjan Felix. Local Remedies in International Law

Second Edition. — Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 482 p.This work examines the local remedies rule historically and particularly in modern international law. Not only is the customary international law discussed but the application, inter alia, of the rule conventionally to human rights protection and generally to international organizations is also covered. It is as comprehensive a treatment on the subject as can be. The law is dealt with in the light of State practice and the jurisprudence of international courts and tribunals. The author not only examines the jurisprudential basis of the rule and its established aspects but ventures into some important areas, such as the incidence of the rule, the limitations on its application, the burden of proof and the relevance of the rule to procedural remedies, in which the law is not so clear. The work also concerns itself with the interests of the international community and the interests of justice in relation to the rule. While there is a strict adherence to the requirements of juristic exposition and analysis, where the law has been more or less determined, the author does not hesitate to offer criticism and to make suggestions for the improvement of the law in the light of modern policy considerations. The work takes into account the recent reports of the International Law Commission which have not hitherto been examined in relation to the rule.
The second edition is a considerably expanded version of the first. There is not only updating and additional material, but additional subjects, such as State contracts and bilateral investment treaties, are included.
Chittharanjan Felix Amerasinghe was formerly Judge of the UN Tribunal in New York, and of the Commonwealth International Tribunal in London. He was also Professor of Law and later Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Ceylon, Colombo. He was Director of the Secretariat and Registrar of the World Bank Tribunal in Washington, and is currently a member of the Institut de Droit International. He has advised governments on international law and has written extensively on the subject.