This book explores the contribution that international law may make to the resolution of culture conflicts--political disputes between the members of different ethno-cultural groups--in democratic States. International law recognizes that persons belonging to minorities have the right to enjoy their own culture and peoples have the right to self-determination without detailing how these princip…
Contents: 1. Internally displaced persons and refugees: Conceptual differences and similarities 2. The legal protection of internally displaced persons 3. The institutional framework of protection for the internally displaced etc.
There has been considerable debate in the international community as to the legality of the forceful actions in Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2002 and Iraq in 2003 under the United Nations Charter. There has been consensus, however, that the use of force in all these situations had to be both proportional and necessary. Against the background of these recent armed conflicts, this book offers t…
How do international human rights and humanitarian law protect vulnerable individuals in times of peace and of war? René Provost analyses systemic similarities and differences in the construction of each body of law, showing how they achieve a similar goal. By detailing the dynamics of human rights and humanitarian law. Provost reveals how each performs a task for which it is better suited tha…
This book argues that the colonial confrontation was central to the formation of international law and, in particular, its founding concept, sovereignty. Traditional histories of the discipline present colonialism and non-European peoples as peripheral concerns. By contrast, Anghie argues that international law has always been animated by the 'civilizing mission' - the project of governing non-…
The second volume of the international environmental law reports focused on trade and environment. This volume provides a complete set of the major dispute settlement reports and judicial decisions in environment-related cases under three international trade regimes the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor the World Trade Organization (WTO); the Canada-USA free Trade …
The contents of this book: - Origin and Evolution of international Environmental Law - General Principles and Rules - Atmosphere - Oceans and Seas
The contents of this book: - An Introduction to Environmental Law - Fundamental Legal Regimes for Environmental - Content of Environmental Law in China
Volume 4 provides a complete set of the major dispute settlement, or judicial, decisions on environment-related issues under three international trade regimes: the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO); the Canada-USA Free Trade Agreement (precursor to the North America Free Trade Agreement); and the European Community. It also provi…
The first volume of the International Environmental Law Reports focuses on early decisions. It includes all the well known, and some lesser known, international decisions relevant to international environmental law prior to the 1970s, with a summary of each decision. Volume 1 also includes a number of very early national decisions considered important in the development of international environ…