This book is on the break-up of the Soviet Union and its effects on East- west global, regional and private international and transitional organizations, changing role of the United Nations peacemaking operations to a peace-enforcing operation.
The debates on regionalism have been polarized between European Union (EU) scholars and non-EU scholars, with the assumption being that regionalism within the EU and other regions of the world are quite distinct, with little to be learnt from dialogue with each other. This book challenges such assumptions and calls for a genuine debate between scholars of regionalism. This book demonstrates …
The Kashmir dispute which has bedevilled relations between India and Pakistan for the last half century has been the subject of a number of political and historical studies.
This book explores the entire large and controversial subject of the use of force in international law, this book examines not only the use of force by states but also the role of the United Nations in peacekeeping and peacekeeping actions, and the growing importance of regional action.
Intended as a study aid for law students, covering law subjects at every level from A Level and degree level to Law Society and Bar exams, this book on EC law is part of the "SWOT" series. "SWOT"s point out the problems which will be encountered by the student throughout the course, indicating the common pitfalls which contribute to under-achievement or failure in exams. The books in the seri…
This book is based on the author´s experience of working for more than two decades in over thirty conflict and post-conflict zones. It is written for those involved in UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians. It is intended to be accessible to non- lawyers working in the field who may need to know the applicable legal standards relating to issues such as the use of force and arrest and…
A lavish volume published to mark the first half-century of the Court. It provides a well-documented and abundantly illustrated retrospective of the Court's activities from its origins to the present day, and also investigates the history of the development of the law, from the early notions of justice and equity as they originated in municipal spheres to their assembling on an international le…
Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn’t. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN mission…
Diplomatic Interventions argues that war is a social construction. In so doing, it unsettles the definition of intervention, as a coercive interference by one state in the affairs of another, to examine the range of communicative or 'diplomatic' practices which through their presence modify the experience of war. The tension between claims that war is pervasive and that war is a social construc…
Individual sections discuss the relationship between international law and other law, methods and principles for creating international law, the subjects of international law, and concepts such as sovereign immunity and nonintervention. Other sections examine the concepts of boundaries and spatial sovereignty, the meanings of personal and material jurisdiction, the law relating to aliens, inter…