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Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizationsby Jan Klabbers; Asa Wallendahl
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 60.00This pioneering Research Handbook with contributions from renowned experts, provides an overview of the general doctrines making up the law of international organizations. The approach of this book is taken from a novel perspective: that of the tension between functionalism and constitutionalism. In doing so, this Handbook presents not only practically relevant information, but also provides a tool for understanding the ways in which international organizations work. It has separate chapters on specific 'constitutional' topics and on two specific organizations: the EU and the UN. Research Handbook on the Law of international Organizations will be of particular interest to academics and graduate students in the fields of international law, international... more...
Break-up of Yugoslavia and International Lawby Peter Radan
Routledge 2001; US$ 198.00This book provides a critical analysis from an international law perspective of the break-up of Yugoslavia and will be of interest to those in the fields of international law and political science more...
An Introduction to International Institutional Lawby Jan Klabbers
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 50.00This comprehensive and systematic overview of the law of international organizations considers topics from the perspective of the relationship between organizations and their members. Chapters include the acquisition of legal personality, the acquisition of organizational powers and financing. A key textbook for advanced-level students of law and international relations. more...
International Organizations before National Courtsby August Reinisch; James Crawford; John Bell
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 51.00This book investigates national courts' 'reaction' to disputes involving international organizations. It weighs issues pro and contra their adjudication, scrutinizes the rationale for immunizing international organizations from domestic litigations, and assesses the possible substitution of the traditional immunity concept with a more flexible principle exempting certain disputes from domestic adjudication. more...
Principles of the Institutional Law of International Organizationsby C. F. Amerasinghe; James Crawford; John Bell
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 55.00This edition of C. F. Amerasinghe's successful book, which covers all the important institutional aspects of international organizations, has been revised to include a new chapter on judicial organs of international organizations, as well as a considerably developed chapter on dispute settlement. New material includes bilateral investment treaties and estate contracts. more...
Marine Management in Disputed Areasby R. R. Churchill; Geir Ulfstein
Routledge 1992; US$ 210.00This book examines the complicated management of the Barents Sea, offering a detailed analysis of two highly sensitive legal disputes - the maritime boundary dispute between Norway and the USSR, and the dispute over the Treaty of Spitsbergen. more...
Non-Governmental Organisations in International Lawby Anna-Karin Lindblom; James Crawford; John Bell
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 127.00Governments are regarded as the sole representatives of their populations on the international plane. It is therefore important that other voices can be heard in international fora alongside governments. NGOs have an increasingly important legal and political role. This book explores the possibilities for participation of NGOs in international law. more...
Statehood and the law of self-determinationby D. Raic
BRILL 2002; US$ 255.00This text examines the modern law of statehood, and in particular the role of the law of self-determination in the process of the formation of States in international law. The study shows that the law of statehood has changed considerably since the establishment of the United Nations. more...
The Security Council and the protection of human rightsby B.G. Ramcharan
BRILL 2002; US$ 222.00The human rights idea is shaping the contemporary world. This work focuses on the human rights role of the Security Council in the post Cold War world. more...
Secessionby Marcelo G. Kohen
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 124.00Secession is the creation of a new State through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State. This book addresses all the theoretical problems raised by secession throughout the world today, and demonstrates the role played by international law in either preventing or promoting secession. more...









