Rapid growth of new technology, innovative techniques of exploitation of resources and novel patterns of trading present a challenge to international law. International agencies and institutions are shaping the domestic policies. Developments at Bali conference relating to subsidies and trade facilitation show that even aspects like minimum support price to farmers of a country are to be decided by global forces. In an age when WTO is becoming, perhaps, more important than United Nations, one needs to give a fresh look to the contemporary face of international law. In this context, the present volume on ‘Contemporary issues in International Law’ (Environment, International Trade, International Technology and Legal Education) comes as a wave of fresh air. Today, we stand at the crossroads of new international and national legal and policy developments. The negotiations at the WTO and the concern for conservation of environment and safe cyber transactions highlight the growing importance of national and international norm-setting in these areas. These international developments are bound to influence the domestic law and policy. The editors have selected those issues of international law which have emerged as a result of the advent of modern information technology. The connection between the topics of environment, trade, information technology is apparent from the fact that ultimately it is the method of doing business which is causing dents in the traditional understanding of principles and liabilities in international law. The present volume is scholarly and readable. It contains quite well-researched contributions and answers technical questions pertaining to the topics covered. It presents an intelligent sense of conceptual and contextual aspects of environment, trade, information technology and legal education that is in tune with certain ideas and experiences of readers and lawmakers. At the same time, the book keeps a reader engaged by providing details of the subject in lucid and easy to understand manner. It is certainly a good reading for researchers and policy makers alike.