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Regions and Powersby Barry Buzan; Ole Wæver; Steve Smith; Thomas Biersteker; Chris Brown; Phil Cerny; Joseph Grieco; A. J. R. Groom
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 39.00Buzan and Wæver argue that in the post-Cold War world regional patterns of security are more important than ever before. Analysing regions throughout the world, this original and comprehensive study offers a distinctive interpretation of the nature of the 'new world security order' that has followed the Cold War. more...
Preventing Biological Warfareby Malcolm Dando; Jim Whitman
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention entirely prohibits biological warfare, but it has no effective verification mechanism to ensure that the 140-plus States Parties are living up to their obligations. From 1995-2001 the States Parties attempted to negotiate a Protocol to the Convention to remedy this deficiency. On 25 July 2001 the United States entirely rejected the final text which would probably have been acceptable to most other states. The book investigates how this disaster came about, and the potential consequences of the failure of American leadership. more...
The Banning of Anti-Personnel Landminesby Louis Maresca; Stuart Maslen
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 70.00This book provides an overview of the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross to ban anti-personnel landmines from 1955 through 1999. It contains ICRC papers and speeches, the 1995-96 Review Conference of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, and the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel mines. more...
International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justiceby Ole Spiermann; James Crawford; John Bell; Hilary Charlesworth; John Collier; Lori Damrosch; John Dugard; Mary-Ann Glendon; Christopher Greenwood; Hein K?tz; Donald M. McRae
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 52.00The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the UN, and successor of the PCIJ, which was the first real permanent court of justice at the international level. Drawing on archival material, this book describes the ground-breaking contributions of the PCIJ to international law. more...
International Conflict and Security Lawby Richard Burchill; Nigel D. White; Justin Morris
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 137.00With invasion and the ill-treatment of detainees being seen daily on the news, the publication of a collection of essays in the area of conflict land security law could not be more relevant. The contributors provide expert analysis of many aspects of the law governing armed conflict and collective security. more...
The law of arms controlby G. den Dekker
BRILL 2001; US$ 214.00This study provides a comprehensive theory and model for the analysis of supervisory mechanisms in arms control treaties and offers an in-depth overview of the law of arms control as it stands in the post Cold War situation. more...
Jurisdiction of international tribunalsby C.F. Amerasinghe
BRILL 2002; US$ 234.00This work analyzes the jurisdictional powers of international tribunals in certain areas of fundamental significance and importance. It clarifies how tribunals and consensual arrangements have approached problems and which general principles may have emerged. more...
Understanding Conflict Resolutionby P. Wallensteen
Sage Publications Ltd. 2002; US$ 48.95This core text provides a comprehensive guide to understanding conflict resolution in today's global world. Part I: introduces the fields of conflict resolution as they have developed since the end of the Cold War and demonstrates various approaches to conflict analysis and conflict resolution Part II: explores three major types of international conflict: inter-state, internal, and state formation conflicts Part III: reviews regional and international approaches to peaceful conflict resolution, notably the UN, discusses the concerns of the major powers in conflict, and outlines pertinent questions for the future more...
Transboundary Harm in International Lawby Rebecca Bratspies; Russell Miller
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 31.00Using the Trail Smelter Arbitration, one of the most cited cases in international environmental law, this book explores the changing nature of state responses to transboundary harm. Taking a critical approach, the book examines the arbitration's influence on international law generally, and international environmental law specifically. more...
Healing the Woundsby Marie-Claire Foblets; Trutz von Trotha
Hart 2004; US$ 117.60In recent decades the world has experienced the rise of so-called ?low intensity conflicts?. Unlike conventional wars these very bloody armed conflicts are no longer the affair of state governments and their armies. In their place appear police-like armed units,security services and secret services, groups and organizations of religious, political and social fanatics ready to resort to violence, 'militias', bands of mercenaries, or just gangs of thugs, led by the condottiere of the 21st century, consisting of militant charismatics, militia 'generals', 'drug barons' and 'warlords' of various kinds. They conduct wars in which the soldiers no longer wear uniforms and there is no meeting of armies in open battle. The armed organizations fight in... more...









