Public international law: international organizations and institutions

Using a sociology-led approach, this book explores regional law and governance in ASEAN through its regulation of foreign investment.

Explores the environmental, safety, and security challenges facing humanity''s rapid expansion into Space and proposes actionable solutions.

This book critically re-evaluates the problem of sex between international personnel and local people and offers regulatory solutions to legal problems.

This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.

A comprehensive and systematic guide to environmental rights and their relationship with standards of protection globally, nationally and locally.

For some time, the word 'crisis' has been dominating international political discourse.

Originally published in 1995 and now available as an ebook.

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.

Contributes to a better understanding of the policy, economic, and legal options of countries struggling with debt problems.

A collection of expert essays analysing the AFSJ and its implications from the point of view of fundamental rights.

Takes stock of current challenges to the world trading system and develops scenarios for the future.

Gathers leading scholars in law and international relations to address the current challenges of international economic dispute settlement.

Shows how domestic politics creates incentives for political actors to surrender sovereignty to outside powers.

This book offers a legal analysis of the European Neighbourhood Policy (the ENP) as it applies to developing relations with the EU's neighbours.

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

This work explores in depth the legal consequences of peremptory norms.

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

Amid a global health crisis, the process for declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is at a crossroads.

This revised edition of The History of ICSID details the history and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its constituent treaty, the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.

Establishes a framework for analyzing and assessing the accountability mechanisms of international organizations, and applies it to three case studies.

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

Caribbean Integration Law offers a comprehensive legal analysis of the current treaties and rules governing the two main regional organisations in the Caribbean, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

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

This fourth edition includes recent cases and the addition of the crime of aggression to the jurisdiction of the Court.

Matthew Kennedy exposes the challenges created by the integration and independence of TRIPS within the WTO.

In this book, leading scholars re-examine the principle of national self-determination from diverse theoretical perspectives.

Administrative bodies of international organizations can develop informal working routines that allow them to exert influence beyond their formal autonomy.

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

Doctrine, Practice and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System is the first casebook to focus on the Inter-American human rights system, the primary system for advancing and protecting rights in the Western hemisphere.

International organizations have increasingly taken on state or quasi state-like functions in order to exercise control over individuals and societies, most pressingly in contexts of conflict and transition.

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

This Commentary offers detailed background and analysis of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted at the UN Headquarters in New York in July 2017.

An historically-informed account of rising powers and their quest for eminence in the core institutions of international order.

This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of human rights law in Africa.

A comprehensive and comparative overview of the law of provisional measures between different international courts and tribunals.

How should uncertainties implicit in scientific evidence be dealt with in international legal disputes relating to health and the environment?

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.

This book sets out and analyses the procedural law applied by international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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

Detailed study of the ICC''s practice in prosecuting gender-based crimes, current up to the ICC Statute''s twentieth anniversary in 2018.

Procedural issues are an area of increasing complexity and concern in modern investment arbitration, and one in which very little guidance currently exists.

This history of GATT explains how trade was implicated in foreign policy and international relations and connected to global order.

Michael Vagias analyses the law and procedure surrounding the territorial jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

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

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood.

This book is a groundbreaking study of the emergence of a unique African Union legal system, with contributions from a diverse collection of scholars and practitioners.

Systematic analysis of the determinants of climate policy durability, combining state-of-the-art policy theories with empirical accounts of landmark political events

This book assesses the role aesthetic factors play in shaping what forms of mass violence are viewed as international crimes.

Provides a fresh perspective on ASEAN''s role for regional security in Southeast Asia.

A detailed examination of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and its position as an informal international organisation.