Public international law: international organizations and institutions

Half a century ago, on 16 December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

Breaks new theoretical ground by discussing how cognitive evolution contributes to the study of international orders.

The Theory of the Firm presents an innovative general analysis of the economics of the firm.

The first comprehensive and systematic analysis of ASEAN''s dispute settlement and monitoring mechanisms as a means to better compliance.

This book provides the first theory on how decisions by the European Court of Justice should be made.

Challenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them, this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting point of legal authority.

World''s foremost experts explain how polycentric thinking can enhance societal attempts to govern climate change, for researchers, practitioners, advanced students.

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive and original overview of one of the fundamental topics within international law.

Offers an overview of international law, policy and practice on nuclear weapons.

A highly readable look at the role of the US and NATO in Libya''s war of liberation, and its lessons for future military interventions.

An examination of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons within the contemporary nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament security architecture.

A comprehensive account of legal professional privilege as it applies to corporations covering four major common law jurisdictions: the UK, Australia, Canada and the United States.

The classic debate surrounding the prolific role of the European Union in defining spheres of competence and power relationships has long divided scholarly opinion.

Investigates how foreign actors influence citizens'' trust in elections, and cases where outside intervention has enhanced or undermined election integrity.

This first anthology of women''s international thought explores how women transformed international relations, from the early to mid-20th century.

A guide to the meaning of environmental regulation in an era of transnational cooperation for sustainability.

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, covering a wide range of understudied and emerging topics.

A close examination of the interface between autonomous technologies and the law with legal analysis grounded in technological realities.

This book explores how international organizations (IOs) have expanded their powers over time without formally amending their founding treaties.

International organizations are increasingly operating across borders and engaging in legal transactions in virtually all jurisdictions.

State immunity, the idea that a state, including its individual organs, officials and other emanations, may not be proceeded against in the courts of another state in certain instances, has long been and remains a source of international controversy.

Examining more than three hundred elections in over a hundred countries, this book shows when and how states intervene in elections in other countries.

An interdisciplinary volume exploring the concept of legitimacy in relation to international courts and what can drive and weaken it.

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.

A detailed commentary of the key document which governs national human rights institutions, including a principle-by-principle commentary.

Terrorism and National Security Reform demonstrates that blue-ribbon commissions can be powerful vehicles for making public policy.

Analysis of the 2015 Resolution adopted by the Institute of International Law on state succession in matters of state responsibility.

Examines the impact of anti-base movements on base politics and the role bilateral alliance relationships play in shaping movement outcomes.

An accessible synthesis of a decade of multidisciplinary research into how diverse actors exercise authority in environmental decision making.

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

This is the definitive commentary on the crime of aggression over two volumes, including the first analysis of its history, theory, legal interpretation and future.

Article-by-article commentary on the Third Geneva Convention based on latest practice, case law, academic commentary and ICRC experience.

The imperatives of sovereignty, human rights and national security very often pull in different directions, yet the relations between these three different notions are considerably more subtle than those of simple opposition.

Demonstrates American legal policymakers hold competing conceptions of the ''international rule of law'' structured by foreign policy ideologies.

Highlights the threats posed by nuclear weapons and shows a way to denuclearization through the application of international law.

The first study of the three-stage approach to maritime delimitation, collating methods from judicial decisions, treaties and scholarship.

Makes the Tribunal''s most recent work publicly available, including an award resolving a large dispute between Iran and the US.

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

Explores the different choices made by donor governments when delivering foreign aid projects around the world.

The European Court of Human Rights between Law and Politics provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins and development of one of the most striking supranational judicial institutions.

This study of the UNECE environmental regime shows how international law could help solve the world''s freshwater crisis.

The United Nations, whose specialized agencies were the subject of an Appendix to the 1958 edition of Oppenheim's International Law: Peace, has expanded beyond all recognition since its founding in 1945.

A dialogue between international responsibility lawyers and legal philosophers laying the groundwork for new research and legal reform.

In a world full of armed conflict and human misery, global justice remains one of the most compelling missions of our time.

How do parties to peace negotiations actually build durable peace and what conundrums must they solve to achieve durable peace?

Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

This innovative volume brings together international design scholars to address the history and present-day status of national and international design organizations, working across design disciplines and located in countries including Argentina, Turkey, Estonia, Switzerland, Italy, China and the USA.

This critical review of Hammarskjöld''s legacy as Secretary-General explores the contemporary relevance of his international civil service, agency and leadership.