International institutions

Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

A comprehensive analysis of the European Commission's general role in supervising member state compliance with EU law, this book provides a detailed assessment of centralized EU enforcement.

A comprehensive analysis of the European Commission's general role in supervising member state compliance with EU law, this book provides a detailed assessment of centralized EU enforcement.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

This book examines how the United Nations Security Council, in exercising its power to impose binding non-forcible measures ('sanctions') under Article 41 of the UN Charter, may violate international law.

This book examines how the United Nations Security Council, in exercising its power to impose binding non-forcible measures ('sanctions') under Article 41 of the UN Charter, may violate international law.

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics provides a comprehensive look at the political life of one of Europe's most exciting and turbulent democracies.

The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics provides a comprehensive look at the political life of one of Europe's most exciting and turbulent democracies.

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science.

The Oxford Handbook of French Politics provides a comprehensive and comparative overview of the French political system through the lens of political science.

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The European Commission started out in the 1950s as a technocratic international organization.

A key component of democratic accountability is that citizens understand 'who is to blame'.

The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics provides a state of the art analysis of political development in Sweden.

The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics provides a state of the art analysis of political development in Sweden.

Shedding new light on the foundations of European competition law, this volume is a legal and historical study of the emerging law and its evolution through the 1980s.

Shedding new light on the foundations of European competition law, this volume is a legal and historical study of the emerging law and its evolution through the 1980s.

The Lisbon Treaty reformed the foundations of the European Union and marked the culmination of a process of Treaty reform that began after the Treaty of Nice and spanned almost a decade.

The Lisbon Treaty reformed the foundations of the European Union and marked the culmination of a process of Treaty reform that began after the Treaty of Nice and spanned almost a decade.

What is the federal philosophy inspiring the structure of European law?

Investment protection treaties generally provide for the obligation to treat investments fairly and equitably, even if the wording of the rule and its relationship with the customary international standard may differ.

Investment protection treaties generally provide for the obligation to treat investments fairly and equitably, even if the wording of the rule and its relationship with the customary international standard may differ.

Are international courts effective tools for international governance?

Are international courts effective tools for international governance?

Most EU-scholars conceive of the EU as a multilevel polity with strong powers to regulate economic policy externalities among the member states but little power to intervene in, let alone assume, core functions of sovereign government ('core state powers') such as foreign and defense policy, public finance, public administration, and the maintenance of law and order.

The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law.

The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law.

This volume examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court.

This volume examines the prosecution as an institution and a function in a dozen international and hybrid criminal tribunals, from Nuremberg to the International Criminal Court.

Under pressure from globalisation, the classical distinction between domestic and international law has become increasingly blurred, spurring demand for new paradigms to construe the emerging postnational legal order.

From trade relations to greenhouse gases, from shipwrecks to cybercrime, treaties structure the rights and obligations of states, international organizations, and individuals.

From trade relations to greenhouse gases, from shipwrecks to cybercrime, treaties structure the rights and obligations of states, international organizations, and individuals.

Until 1919, European wars were settled without post-war trials, and individuals were not punishable under international law.

France and Germany have played a pivotal role in the history and politics of European integration.

Health is a matter of fundamental importance in European societies, both as a human right in itself, and as a factor in a productive workforce and therefore a healthy economy.

Health is a matter of fundamental importance in European societies, both as a human right in itself, and as a factor in a productive workforce and therefore a healthy economy.

For years the European Union has been looked on as a potential model for cosmopolitan governance, and enjoyed considerable influence on the global stage.

For years the European Union has been looked on as a potential model for cosmopolitan governance, and enjoyed considerable influence on the global stage.

After Empires describes how the end of colonial empires and the changes in international politics and economies after decolonization affected the European integration process.

Why can some interest groups influence policy-making while others cannot?

The enlargement of the EU has highlighted the challenges of compliance, but it has also helped to suggest new compliance methodologies.

The enlargement of the EU has highlighted the challenges of compliance, but it has also helped to suggest new compliance methodologies.

Many of the most controversial areas of reform initiated by the Lisbon Treaty were not negotiated in the Treaty itself, but left to be resolved during its implementation.

Many of the most controversial areas of reform initiated by the Lisbon Treaty were not negotiated in the Treaty itself, but left to be resolved during its implementation.

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

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

This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration.

This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration.

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland.