International category: 36838 books
by Jung-Gun Kim, John M. Howell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This monograph is primarily addressed to the problem of avoidance, noncompliance or defiance of obligations related to international organiza tions by members and nonmembers. Structurally, it is a survey of the practices of uncooperative members and nonmembers set against a general statement of...
International Migration
Evolving Trends from the Early Twentieth Century to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
States have long been wary of putting international migration on the global agenda. As an issue that defines sovereignty - that is, who enters and remains on a state's territory - international migration has called for protection of national prerogatives and unilateral actions. However, since the...
An International Peace Court
Design for a Move from State Crime Toward World Law
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The classical concept ofInternationalLa w, as developed by Gentilis, Gro tius and their successors, accepted as its starting point the sovereignty of states, from which it followed that (r) the rules of International Law were based upon the general consent of those states; and (2) that, since state...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
There have been many political dilemmas that impose structural constraints on the effort to legalize, judicialize, and criminalize normatively deviant behavior in international politics. The annual costs of these tribunals has peaked at approximately $400 million, of which $140 million is allocated...
International Organisations and Global Problems
Theories and Explanations
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
International organisations (IOs) are considered fundamental in addressing global problems, but how effective are they? Conflict (war), human rights, global health, financial governance, international trade, regionalisation, development and the environment are all issues that international organisations...
The Continent of International Law
Explaining Agreement Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
Every year, states negotiate, conclude, sign, and give effect to hundreds of new international agreements. Koremenos argues that the detailed design provisions of such agreements matter for phenomena that scholars, policymakers, and the public care about: when and how international cooperation occurs...
China and the International Society
Adaptation and Self-Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
What is the relationship between China and the international society? It is a question of historical and realistic significance for China and the world to answer.
Since the reform and opening up, China initiated a journey to get integrated into the international society. As an emerging power,...
by Jeremy Youde
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
In the 1980s, health was a marginal issue on the international political agenda, and it barely figured into donor states' foreign aid allocation. Within a generation, health had developed a robust set of governance structures that drive significant global political action, incorporate a wide range...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
This first volume of EtYIL focuses on issues concerning the developing world in general and (the Horn of) Africa – and Ethiopia – specifically. It argues that rebalancing the international law narrative to reflect Africa’s legitimate interests is an urgent priority, and can only succeed through...
International Economic Law in the 21st Century
Constitutional Pluralism and Multilevel Governance of Interdependent Public Goods
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
The state-centred 'Westphalian model' of international law has failed to protect human rights and other international public goods effectively. Most international trade, financial and environmental agreements do not even refer to human rights, consumer welfare, democratic citizen participation and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
International human rights law offers an overarching international legal framework to help determine the legality of the use of any weapon, as well as its lawful supply. It governs acts of States and non-State actors alike. In doing so, human rights law embraces international humanitarian law regulation...
A history of International Relations theory
Third edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
This introduction to International Relations theory, now in its third edition, shows how discussions of war, wealth, peace and power stretch back well over 500 years. It shows how ancient ideas still effect the way we perceive world politics. By placing international arguments, perspectives, terms...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2011
From its earliest decisions in the 1790s, the US Supreme Court has used international law to help resolve major legal controversies. This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court's use of international law from its inception to the present day. Addressing treaties, the direct application...
International Organizations and the Fight for Accountability
The Remedies and Reparations Gap
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
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. Their engagement in peace operations has progressively widened, with mandates now regularly...