Public international law: international organizations and institutions

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In this book world-renowned experts present a timely investigation of the prospects for reformed market-regulation after the financial crisis.

The Ghostwriters unmasks how lawyers catalyse policy change across borders by encouraging deliberate law-breaking and mobilizing courts against their own governments.

This book tells the story of Kosovo''s independence, from earlier periods of bloodshed to its final status as a state in 2008.

Principles of International Economic Law provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in international economic law, with an emphasis on the interplay between the different economic and political interests on both the international and domestic levels.

This new edition provides a definitive, comprehensive and systematic analysis of the law governing the EU's action in the world.

The first comprehensive overview of international immunity law, offering an essential work of reference for scholars, practitioners and legal advisors.

An authoritative and engaging work, combining straightforward exposition with extensive footnotes for further research.

The Council of Europe, of which all European States are members, plays a pivotal role in the promotion and protection of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.

Aims to provide a useful analytical tool and practical guidance on good treaty practice.

An authoritative analysis of [a decade of] research on institutional architectures in earth system governance, covering key elements, structures and policy options.

An analysis of the repeated existential crises affecting the resilience of the European Union in the twenty-first century.

A third edition textbook providing a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner.

Explores the legal powers, limits and potential of the often misunderstood but highly important United Nations Security Council.

Examines the involvement of local actors in conflicts over global norms at the intersection between international relations and international law.

Provides empirical evidence that power-sharing measures used to end civil wars can help facilitate a transition to minimalist democracy.

This book analyses the concept of the rule of law in the context of international law, through the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

This is the first study of how major global problems have been managed through the international distribution of special responsibilities.

Peacebuilding is explained by combining interpretive frameworks (paradigms) that have evolved from the subfields of international relations and comparative politics.

This volume sets out to disentangle the debate about the Millennium Development goals in theory and practice.

Examines the changing roles of the state, the citizen and the soldier, and the consequences for national and international security.

This book traces the creation of international anti-corruption norms by states and other actors through four markedly different institutions: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and the Financial Action Task Force.

In the past twenty years, international criminal law has become one of the main areas of international legal scholarship and practice.

Aesthetic philosophy and the arts offer an innovative and attractive approach to enhancing international law in support of peace.

Explores the ways in which the activities of civil society can make global governance more democratic.

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar?

Explores the ECtHR''s understanding of what it means to be a ''father'' and the role of doctrines of interpretation.

This book develops ''Collective Equality'' as a new theoretical basis for the law of peace and for transitional justice.

A comprehensive treatment of the rights and obligations of States within disputed maritime areas under international law.

Tyranny is pervasive.

A new perspective on the history of transitional justice and why the discourse prioritises particular responses to human rights violations.

The institutional shortcomings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) became apparent during the Doha Round of Trade negotiations that began in 2001 and which aimed to improve the success of developing countries' trading by lowering trade barriers and adjusting other trade rules.

The book explores the effects of armed conflict and international humanitarian law on the interpretation and application of investment treaties.

Offers evidence that opportunity structures created by state weakness can allow NGOs to exert unparalleled influence over local human rights law and practice.

A user-friendly, comprehensive, and modern account of international law combining political science and law for students at multiple levels.

Contrasts democratic and authoritarian approaches to international law, explaining how their interaction will affect the world in the future.

Since the enactment of the 1996 Brazilian Arbitration Law, Brazil has become one of the fastest growing arbitration markets in the world; currently ranking third in the top-ten list of countries with most parties involved in ICC Arbitrations.

This book examines the history of refugees in order to explore their place in international politics.

A study, from Hobbes to the UN, of attempts to ground authority on the capacity to guarantee protection.

The rights of indigenous peoples under international law have seen significant change in recent years, as various international bodies have attempted to address the question of how best to protect and enforce their rights.

Examines and compares diplomatic practices and normative change in the African Union and ASEAN.

The book explores the effects of armed conflict and international humanitarian law on the interpretation and application of investment treaties.

Despite their exponential growth in number and activities, there is not an established legal concept of an international organization.

Since the second edition of this commentary on the Charter of the United Nations was published, the text of the Charter may not have changed but the world has.

Seeking to open paths for reconsidering the trade and development relationship at the WTO, this book takes into account both the heritage of the trade regime and its present dynamics.

Exploring theoretical foundations for the distribution of shared responsibility, this book provides a basis for the development of international law.

This book examines anti-corporate activism in the United States, providing a nuanced understanding of the changing focal points of challenges to corporations.

The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2016.

This Element discusses institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and its implications for the Liberal International Order.