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Fundamental Rights in International and European Law
Public and Private Law Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
In this book various perspectives on fundamental rights in the fields of public and private international law are innovatively covered. Published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the T.M.C. Asser Instituut in The Hague, the collection reflects the breadth and scope of the Institute’s...
by Nigel S. Rodley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The essays and commentaries in this collection were presented at a Con ference on Problems of International Law in the Western Hemisphere, the Second Conference on Problems of Regional International Law under the joint sponsorship of the American Society of International Law and the Graduate Faculty...
International Relations in South Asia
Search for an Alternative Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
This collection explores 'state of the art' methods to understand International Relations in South Asia, from disciplinary, pedagogic and epistemological standpoints. It probes alternative methods to comprehend international politics in the region: through constructivism, critical theories, post-colonial...
Precision Strike Warfare and International Intervention
Strategic, Ethico-Legal and Decisional Implications
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
This book explores whether the new capabilities made possible by precision-strike technologies are reshaping approaches to international intervention.
Since the end of the Cold War, US technological superiority has led to a more proactive and, some would argue, high risk approach to international...
International Law in the Middle East
Closer to Power than Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Examining international law through the lens of the Middle East, this insightful study demonstrates the qualitatively different manner in which international law is applied in this region of the world. Law is intended to produce a just society, but as it is ultimately a social construct that has travelled...
by Kirsten Sellars
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
In 1946, the judges at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg declared 'crimes against peace' - the planning, initiation or waging of aggressive wars - to be 'the supreme international crime'. At the time, the prosecuting powers heralded the charge as being a legal milestone, but it later...
The Right to Democracy in International Law
Between Procedure, Substance and the Philosophy of John Rawls
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book explores the right to democracy in international law and contemporary democratic theory, asking whether international law encompasses a substantive or procedural understanding of the notion. The book considers whether there can be considered to be a basis for the right to democracy in international...
War as Experience
Contributions from International Relations and Feminist Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book is a major new contribution to our understanding of war and international relations (IR). Divided into two sections, the first part surveys the state of war and war studies in international relations, security studies and in feminist international relations. The second part addresses a missing...
Cyber Warfare
A Multidisciplinary Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
This book is a multi-disciplinary analysis of cyber warfare, featuring contributions by leading experts from a mixture of academic and professional backgrounds.
Cyber warfare, meaning interstate cyber aggression, is an increasingly important emerging phenomenon in international relations, with...
Japan's Security Identity
From a Peace-State to an International-State
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the Japanese security policymaking elite recognized...
by Thomas McDonnell
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
This book discusses the critical legal issues raised by the US responses to the terrorist threat, analyzing the actions taken by the Bush administration during the so-called "War on Terrorism" and their compliance with international law. Thomas McDonnell highlights specific topics of legal interest...
by Vladyslav Lanovoy
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
This book examines the responsibility of States and international organizations for complicity (aid or assistance) in an internationally wrongful act. Despite the recognition of responsibility for complicity as a rule of customary international law by the International Court of Justice, this book...
Enforcing International Law
From Self-help to Self-contained Regimes
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Until recently, the fundamental link between two basic concepts in international law, namely the right to self-help and the obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means, has been neglected in doctrine and practice. The main issue is that international law traditionally recognizes the right of states...
Theories of International Relations
Contending Approaches to World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each offering distinctive accounts of the world, why it has come to be the way it is, and how it might be made a better place.
In this illuminating textbook,...