Internationella organisationer & institutioner

This edited collection represents the first comprehensive analysis of international legal debates between 1955 and 1975 related to the formal decolonization process, which brought a new perspective on topics such as self-determination, wars of nat...

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In recent times, the word 'crisis' has dominated international political discourse. Ulrich and Ziemele bring together an expert group of scholars to interrogate how the international legal system responds to crises in human society, across the rea...

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This addition to the Law and Global Governance Series examines participation of stakeholders in treaty-based intergovernmental organizations. Readers are offered a comprehensive account of what has been done to facilitate the participation of prev...

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This edited collection explores the role of law in the regional integration effort in Africa, and assesses the extent to which African Union law is having in impact on domestic law across the continent. It analyses how the African Union is engende...

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This book provides a comprehensive account of the United Nations human rights programme, written by a world-leading expert with over 30 years' experience in the organization. It takes a chronological approach, starting with the launch of the Commi...

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By interrogating how international criminal tribunals relate to their domestic counterparts through the principle of complementarity, International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability advocates for improved institutional design and less...

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Drawing on critical theory, criminological analysis, and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court illuminates how the ICC's victim engagement functions to reproduce the Court as a re...

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In light of the rise to prominence of the European Central Bank, caused by the Global Financial Crisis and the following Euro area sovereign debt crisis, this collection reflects on the past and the future of this powerful and contested institution.

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This volume offers a study of when and why contested international norms decline. It includes four contemporary case studies (the torture prohibition, the responsibility to protect, the duty to prosecute institutionalized in the ICC, and commercia...

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The Many Paths of Change in International Law analyses drivers, conditions, and consequences of change across the different fields of international law. Tracing change processes and the conditions that facilitate and hinder their success, the book...

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Herdegen's Principles of International Economic Law has established itself as a leading textbook in the field. This fully updated third edition covers areas of growing relevance in international economic law, including corporate social responsibil...

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Making Globalization Happen: The Untold Story of Power, Profits, Privilege rips away the facade of UN family-driven peace, justice, human rights, democracy, and development to expose it as a narrative of power, profit, and privilege for transnatio...

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The law of international responsibility is one of international law's core foundational topics. Written by a set of international experts, this book provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the modern law of international responsibil...

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Reconstructing the World Trade Organization for the 21st Century explores the reasons for the WTO's failure to achieve comprehensive multilateral trade liberalization in the new 21st century global economy. The solution to the problem must come fr...

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Released in annual editions of 6 volumes, the Annual Review of United Nations Affairs is the only thorough annual survey of major developments at the United Nations.

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An important ongoing debate in international law concerns the extent to which the international legal system is becoming constitutionalized. This book examines whether such constitutionalization is taking place and what a constitutionalized world ...

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This collection presents an analysis of the imperatives of sovereignty, human rights and national security in the post 9/11 era, and examines their relationship to procedural and substantive legitimacy in liberal democratic states

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External relations is currently among the most dynamic areas of EU law, its constitutional foundations profoundly affected by the Reform Treaty. This volume gathers leading analysts to assess core recent developments in the field, including the co...

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The procedural law applied by international criminal tribunals usually involves a mixture of common law and civil law, which is especially the case at the International Criminal Court. As a result, many procedural points remain unclear or controve...

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This is the third edition of a highly acclaimed work on the WTO, providing a complete overview of its law and practice. It traces the origins and development, via the GATT, of all of the substantive legal areas covered by the WTO, as well as its s...

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This book explores the gravest threats to human security in Africa. Written by leading experts on its various themes, this is the first book of its kind to combine legal and policy perspectives on the issues, making it an indispensable book for th...

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Violence against women is a human rights issue and this book evaluates the manner in which the European Court of Human Rights is addressing gender-based violence, with particular reference to sexual and domestic violence, as well as violence again...

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Collective security is a concept often mentioned but not always well understood. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the whole collective security system, encompassing the UN and regional organizations. It takes a bottom-up approach to ...

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The European Court of Human Rights increasingly refers to international law in its case law, but its interpretation of it is often problematic. This book examines whether the Court has been able to create a coherent approach to the evaluation of i...

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Democratic Peacebuilding considers the evolution of international peacebuilding since the cold war and why, in particular, international peacebuilders frequently face difficulties in spreading democratic practices and the rule of law in war-torn s...

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An increasing number of challenges against the activities and decisions of international organizations are brought before national courts. This book offers an overview of how different courts have dealt with these cases and an analysis of the lega...

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In the last few years, the Security Council has imposed highly controversial sanctions on both individuals and States, some of which can be considered to violate international law. This book argues that the law of international responsibility allo...

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With the Doha Round on the rocks, the tension between the WTO's trade liberalization agenda and the development needs of many member states is more pronounced than ever. This book looks at the position of developing countries at the WTO from an in...

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Providing article-by-article commentary on this crucial convention and a number of cross-cutting analytical chapters, this book will be highly useful for anyone working in general international law and state responsibility. Each article's commenta...

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The idea of the separation of powers is still popular in much political and constitutional discourse, though its meaning for the modern state remains unclear and contested. This book develops an original account of the principle and its implicatio...

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