International institutions

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

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

*Shortlisted for 2016 European Book Prize* Giles Merritt describes himself as a 'sceptical europhile'.

*Shortlisted for 2016 European Book Prize* Giles Merritt describes himself as a 'sceptical europhile'.

Unlike many other trade regimes, the European Union forbids the use of inter-state retaliation to enforce its obligations, and rules out the use of common 'escape' mechanisms such as anti-dumping between the EU member states.

When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that such direct elections would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Parliament.

When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that such direct elections would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Parliament.

This is the first book to provide a full and dispassionate account of the politics and economics of the Eurozone crisis, focusing on the interlinked origins and impacts of the Euro-Zone crisis and the policy responses to it.

This is the first book to provide a full and dispassionate account of the politics and economics of the Eurozone crisis, focusing on the interlinked origins and impacts of the Euro-Zone crisis and the policy responses to it.

Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on local ownership in United Nations peacekeeping.

Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time.

Europe has not been so weak and divided for a long time.

In the wake of the euro crisis, the European Union has been transformed in many ways.

An accessible and comprehensive resource, EU Environmental Law and Policy explains the structure and logic of EU environmental law and enables readers to quickly gain a thorough understanding of the different areas of EU secondary law pertaining to the protection of the environment.

An accessible and comprehensive resource, EU Environmental Law and Policy explains the structure and logic of EU environmental law and enables readers to quickly gain a thorough understanding of the different areas of EU secondary law pertaining to the protection of the environment.

Environmental Integration in Competition and Free-Movement Laws engages in a comprehensive analysis of the obligation of Article 11 TFEU (integration of environmental protection requirements) in the three core areas of EU internal market law: competition, state aid, and free movement.

Environmental Integration in Competition and Free-Movement Laws engages in a comprehensive analysis of the obligation of Article 11 TFEU (integration of environmental protection requirements) in the three core areas of EU internal market law: competition, state aid, and free movement.

Providing the first comprehensive examination of the key regulatory disciplines included in the new generation of EU free trade agreements (FTAs), this book investigates the EU's supposed deep trade agenda through a legal analysis of these FTAs.

Providing the first comprehensive examination of the key regulatory disciplines included in the new generation of EU free trade agreements (FTAs), this book investigates the EU's supposed deep trade agenda through a legal analysis of these FTAs.

The United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council spend significant amounts of time on their relationship with each other.

How has the evolution and transformation of the Common Market affected the legal concept of State aid?

How has the evolution and transformation of the Common Market affected the legal concept of State aid?

Europe is confronted by an intimidating triple challenge - economic stagnation, climate change, and a governance crisis.

Europe's Border Crisis explores current dynamics in EU border security and migration management.

United Nations peacekeeping has undergone radical transformation in the new millennium.

How does EU internal market law, in particular the rules on free movement and competition, apply to private regulation?

How does EU internal market law, in particular the rules on free movement and competition, apply to private regulation?

First of the Small Nations traces the ideas and aspirations of the revolutionary generation in Ireland from the 1890s to 1918 who dreamt of an independent Irish state and imagined how an Irish foreign policy might look.

Private Law in the External Relations of the EU is an innovative study of the interactions between EU external relations law and private law, two unrelated fields of law, inverted if private law is understood as regulatory private law - the space where regulatory law intersects with private economic activity.

Private Law in the External Relations of the EU is an innovative study of the interactions between EU external relations law and private law, two unrelated fields of law, inverted if private law is understood as regulatory private law - the space where regulatory law intersects with private economic activity.

This edited volume offers different theories useful for understanding and explaining European Union cooperation on internal security matters.

Immigration has become one of the most pressing political issues of the modern day, and public opinion polls indicate that it has been of public concern for some time.

While the role of comparative law in the courts was previously only an exception, foreign sources are now increasingly becoming a source of law in regular use in supreme and constitutional courts.

While the role of comparative law in the courts was previously only an exception, foreign sources are now increasingly becoming a source of law in regular use in supreme and constitutional courts.

Despite nearly sixty years of European integration, neither nations nor national loyalties have withered away.

Despite nearly sixty years of European integration, neither nations nor national loyalties have withered away.

Dangerous Diplomacy reassesses the role of the UN Secretariat during the Rwandan genocide.

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.

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.

The Law of International Watercourses is an authoritative guide to the rules of international law governing the navigational and non-navigational uses of international rivers, lakes, and groundwater.

The Law of International Watercourses is an authoritative guide to the rules of international law governing the navigational and non-navigational uses of international rivers, lakes, and groundwater.

Presenting the first comprehensive account of foreign policy objectives as a growing part of European constitutional law, Joris Larik confronts the trend of enshrining international ambitions in the highest laws of states and the European Union.

Presenting the first comprehensive account of foreign policy objectives as a growing part of European constitutional law, Joris Larik confronts the trend of enshrining international ambitions in the highest laws of states and the European Union.

Who were key figures in the making of European monetary union?

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation.

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation.

Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in advanced democracies.

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and its International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), have acquired a central position in the practice and regulation of financial reporting around the world.

The First World War threw the imperial order into crisis.

This book offers a topical inquiry into the legal and political limits of EU regulation in the field of risk and new technologies surrounded by techno-scientific complexity, uncertainty, and societal contestation.