The founding, structure, and operations of the League of Arab States since its organization in 1945 are analyzed. In the first half of the book the author discusses the League's decision-making processes, considers regional dynamics, the polarization of power between Egypt and Iraq, and the impact of such major issues as Palestine on the League. He considers the League's techniques of cooperation with the United Nations and its specialized agencies, neutralism and nonalignment, and the boycott of Israel. In the latter half of the study, three major operational questions typical of regional organizations are examined: functional integration in cultural, social, economic, and scientific affairs; problems of regional security and peaceful settlement of disputes; and interaction between the Arab League and the United Nations. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Diplomacy is transforming and expanding its role as the method of interstate relations to a general instrument of communication among globalized societies. Adapting to globalization, the practice of diplomacy is shared by non-state participants, thus becoming privatized and popularized. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the widening scope of public as well as private diplomacy and its normative framework. It features a practitioner's inside view of diplomacy combined with interdisciplinary academic analysis.

The 5th edition of this textbook offers a comprehensive and highly topical representation of the law of nations in its entirety in one volume.

The Caucasus region, situated on a natural isthmus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, has long been a border zone and a melting pot for a diverse range of cultures and peoples. As the intersection between Europe and Asia, and also - tween Russia and the Ottoman and Persian Empires, it has featured in the strategic plans of numerous great powers over the centuries. Given its abundance of natural resources, the ready-made raw material transport routes to Europe and its enduring position on the edge of Russia, nothing has changed to the present day. The tremendous development opportunities of the Caucasian region are being tarnished by unresolved territorial conflicts that put a continual and regionally balanced growth, sustained democratisation and long-term stability at risk. These conflicts, which all erupted with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, include the separatist movements in Abkhazia, Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh and South - setia. The war over South Ossetia, which erupted between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, spelt out the explosive potential still inherent in these conflicts.

Im Zuge der Globalisierung finden Interessen und Werte der internationalen Gemeinschaft zunehmend Niederschlag im Volkerrecht.

Zur Erfassung der mit diesem Wandel einhergehenden strukturellen Veranderungen der internationalen Rechtsordnung schlagt der Autor den Begriff des internationalen Gemeinschaftsrechts vor. Normativ bezeichnet dieser Begriff eine Kategorie von Rechtsnormen, die sich durch besondere gemeinschaftliche Mechanismen der Normentstehung und Rechtsdurchsetzung auszeichnen. Deskriptiv bezeichnet er eine dritte Stufe der Volkerrechtsentwicklung, die neben das Koexistenzvolkerrecht und das Kooperationsvolkerrecht tritt.

Das Buch stellt in umfassender Weise die derzeitige Stellung des Privatrechts in Europa sowie die neuen Entwicklungen im Zuge der europ ischen Vereinheitlichung vor. Geschrieben von zwei herausragenden europ ischen Wissenschaftlern, bietet es mehr als nur ein Handbuch zum europ ischen Privatrecht. Es f hrt Leser ausf hrlich in die geistes- und kulturhistorischen Hintergr nde sowie in die Rechtstheorie der gegenw rtigen Privatrechtsvereinheitlichung und Modernisierung der rechtlichen Grundlagen des europ ischen Wirtschaftsverkehrs ein.

The place of Islam in constitutions invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike. Many of these debates assume an inherent conflict between constitutional Islam and 'secular' values of liberal democracy and human rights. Using case studies from several Muslim-majority states, this book surveys the history and role of Islam in constitutions. Tracing the origins of constitutional Islam, Dawood Ahmed and Muhammad Zubair Abbasi argue that colonial history and political bargaining were pivotal factors in determining whether a country adopted Islam, and not secularism, in its constitution. Contrary to the common contention that the constitutional incorporation of Islam is generally antithetical to human rights, Ahmed and Abbasi show not only that Islam has been popularly demanded and introduced into constitutions during periods of 'democratization' and 'modernization' but also that constitutional Islamization has frequently been accompanied by an expansion in constitutional human rights.

Mit Regelungen zu Fragen der modernen Medizin und Biotechnologie werden Entscheidungen getroffen, die das Selbstverstandnis einer Gesellschaft oft grundlegend beruhren. Auf unbestrittene, ausdifferenzierte, rechtliche oder ethische Standards kann dabei kaum zuruckgegriffen werden. Zugleich stellt der standige Fortschritt von Wissenschaft und Praxis die Effektivitat rechtsformiger Entscheidungsverfahren auf die Probe.

Dieser interdisziplinare Band wendet sich der Frage zu, wie diese ethisch-rechtlichen Herausforderungen in nationalen Rechtsordnungen, auf der Ebene der Europaischen Union und im Bereich des Volkerrechts in demokratisch oder anderweitig legitimer Weise bewaltigt werden.

The Iran-US. Claims Tribunal, concerned principally with the claims of US nationals against Iran, is the most important international claims tribunal to have sat in over half a century. Its jurisprudence is bound to make a uniquely important contribution to international law and, in particular, the law relating to aliens, treaty law, and international arbitral procedure. The 40th volume of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports makes available to the public the Tribunal's most recent work, including an important award in a large dispute between Iran and the United States. This volume of the Reports is a critical contribution to the field of international arbitration that will inform and guide the practice of international arbitration practitioners from around the world.

This book explores the history and agendas of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) through its activities in South Asia. Focusing on interactions between American 'Y' workers and the local population, representatives of the British colonial state, and a host of international actors, it assesses their impact on the making of modern India. In turn, it shows how the knowledge and experience acquired by the Y in South Asia had a significant impact on US foreign policy, diplomacy and development programs in the region from the mid-1940s. Exploring the 'secular' projects launched by the YMCA such as new forms of sport, philanthropic efforts and educational endeavours, The YMCA in Late Colonial India addresses broader issues about the persistent role of religion in global modernization processes, the accumulation of American soft power in Asia, and the entanglement of American imperialism with other colonial empires. It provides an unusually rich case study to explore how 'global civil society' emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how it related to the prevailing imperial world order, and how cultural specificities affected the ways in which it unfolded. Offering fresh perspectives on the historical trajectories of America's 'moral empire', Christian internationalism and the history of international organizations more broadly, this book also gives an insight into the history of South Asia during an age of colonial reformism and decolonization. It shows how international actors contributed to the shaping of South Asia's modernity at this crucial point, and left a lasting legacy in the region.

Das Werk stellt einen Beitrag zur aktuellen Diskussion um die Anderung des internationalen Haftungs- und Entschadigungssystems fur Schaden nach Tankerunfallen auf See dar. Das seit 1969 bestehende und im wesentlichen nur 1992 in einigen Bereichen uberarbeitete System ist nach den medienwirksamen Unfallen der "Erika" im Jahr 1999 und der "Prestige" im Jahr 2002 zunehmend in die Kritik geraten. Der Autor analysiert das internationale Haftungs- und Entschadigungssystem sowie die dazu vorhandene Rechtsprechung und setzt sich hiermit kritisch auseinander. Anschliessend wird rechtsvergleichend das alternative Modell des US-Oil Pollution Acts von 1990 und die aktuelle Diskussion auf europaischer und internationaler Ebene betrachtet. Nach ausfuhrlichen Uberlegungen zur Verbesserung des Systems, mundet die Untersuchung in konkreten Anderungsvorschlagen, die insbesondere die Erweiterung des Kreises der haftenden Personen, eine signifikante Erhohung der Haftungs- und Entschadigungssummen und die Ausweitung des Ersatzes fur Umweltschaden fordern."

Erika, Tampa, Prestige: Immer haufiger wird Schiffen in Seenot der Zugang zu Hafen verwehrt. Die Folge: Umweltkatastrophen und Fluchtlingstragodien. Ausgehend vom historischen Nothafenrecht und Notstandsrechten untersucht die Dissertation das Zugangsrecht zu Notliegeplatzen. Sie analysiert dessen Entwicklung im (inter)nationalen Seevolker- und Europarecht mit Blick auf das Umweltvolker- und Fluchtlingsrecht. Ein Beitrag zu mehr Rechtssicherheit. "

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African member of the G20. It is also the only strategic partner of the EU in Africa. Yet despite being so strategically and economically significant, there is little scholarship that focuses on South Africa as a regional hegemon. This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of South Africa's post-Apartheid foreign policy. Over its 23 chapters - -and with contributions from established Africa, Western, Asian and American scholars, as well as diplomats and analysts - the book examines the current pattern of the country's foreign relations in impressive detail. The geographic and thematic coverage is extensive, including chapters on: the domestic imperatives of South Africa's foreign policy; peace-making; defence and security; bilateral relations in Southern, Central, West, Eastern and North Africa; bilateral relations with the US, China, Britain, France and Japan; the country's key external multilateral relations with the UN; the BRICS economic grouping; the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP); as well as the EU and the World Trade Organization (WTO). An essential resource for researchers, the book will be relevant to the fields of area studies, foreign policy, history, international relations, international law, security studies, political economy and development studies.

Founded by the late Otto Triffterer this leading commentary contains a detailed article-by-article analysis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) by eminent legal practitioners and scholars in the field of international criminal law. The commentary explains the content of the various articles in a broader sense, including their drafting history, their impact on International Criminal Law, and their relation to other sources of the ICC such as the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, and the Regulations of the Court and the Prosecution. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised, updated and complemented with further resources. It contains up-to-date case law (including a Table of Cases), literature and legislative developments at the ICC in a clearly structured manner, and will continue to provide a useful guide for both practitioners and academics in various capacities.

Die Autorin untersucht am Beispiel umweltvolkerrechtlicher Vertrage, inwiefern inhaltliche Uberschneidungen und Konflikte zwischen Ansatzen, Zielen und konkreten Regelungen der betroffenen Vertrage bestehen und welche Konsequenzen dies fur ein koharentes Regelungsgefuge im Volkerrecht hat.

Mit dem Ziel, Wege zur Koordinierung volkerrechtlicher Vertrage und zur Herstellung eines moglichst koharenten Geflechts volkerrechtlicher Regelungen aufzuzeigen, werden das gesamte Volkervertragsrecht sowie institutionelle "Global Governance"-Mechanismen analysiert. Auf diese Weise verbindet das Buch eine detaillierte und umfassende Erorterung volkervertragsrechtlicher Ansatze mit neuen Losungswegen zur Bewaltigung eines Problems, das in seiner Bedeutung nicht auf das Umweltvolkerrecht beschrankt ist."

Die Folgen der Stigmatisierung von Staaten f r deren Status innerhalb der Staatengemeinschaft ist Thema des Buches. Ausgehend von einer historischen Betrachtung der Stellung nichtzivilisierter Gemeinwesen" und Barbareskenstaaten" wird die Staatenpraxis seit 1990 analysiert. Ein rechtlicher Statuswechsel durch Stigmatisierung verbunden mit sanktionierender Gesetzgebung ist mit dem geltenden V lkerrecht ebenso wenig zu vereinbaren wie pr ventive Selbstverteidigung gegen ber Schurkenstaaten." Die Verwendung pejorativer Statusbegriffe als Instrument hegemonialer Machtentfaltung bedeutet nicht nur eine ungleiche Behandlung bestimmter Staaten, sie stellt vielmehr die Geltung des Grundsatzes der souver nen Gleichheit als Prinzip des V lkerrechts in Frage.

Lehre und Praxis der Staats- und Volkerrechtswissenschaft wurden uber Jahrzehnte durch Jochen Abr. Frowein mitgepragt. Diese Schriftensammlung mit den wesentliche Publikationen des Jubilars macht seine Forschungsschwerpunkte zuganglich und wurdigt zugleich sein Gesamtwerk."

Der Band fasst die Referate zusammen, die auf einem wissenschaftlichen Symposium zum Ausscheiden Albrecht Randelzhofers aus dem aktiven Hochschuldienst gehalten wurden. Inhaltlich orientieren sich die einzelnen Beitrage an den Forschungsschwerpunkten Randelzhofers. So findet sich ein Beitrag zum Stand des volkerrechtlichen Gewaltverbots nach dem Irak-Krieg 2003. Die Auswirkungen der Europaisierung auf die Demokratietheorie werden ebenso untersucht wie das Haftungsrecht der Europaischen Union im Zusammenhang mit WTO-Entscheidungen. Sodann werden die Freizugigkeit des Unionsburgers sowie die Untersuchungsmaxime im Asylrecht einer Bestandsaufnahme unterzogen. Eine personliche Wurdigung Randelzhofers als Verfassungsrichter rundet den Band ab."

Der Autor stellt die Entwicklung und Ausgestaltung der palastinensischen Selbstregierung" dar und untersucht ihre volkerrechtlichen Aspekte, wie etwa die Fragen nach dem Weiterbestehen der israelischen Besetzung, der Verantwortlichkeit fur die Gewahrleistung von Menschenrechten im Herrschaftsbereich der Palastinensischen Autonomiebehorde und dem Ausmass, in dem die Palastinenser ihrem Ziel eines eigenen Staates bis dahin nahe gekommen sind."

This is the first volume in a large-scale collaborative research project intended to focus the attention of international lawyers and social scientists on the near future of the international legal order. Sponsored by Princeton University with support from the Ford Foundation, the project seeks to stimulate research and provide an intellectual focus for the elucidation of the constructive role law can play in maintaining peace and improving welfare and dignity in the world. The contributors have been urged to engage in their respective areas of expertise in non-utopian forecasting that will enable law to contribute more creatively, by anticipating the range of feasible responses, to the solution of emerging problems in the international environment. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

That intergovernmental organizations do not operate effectively has long been apparent. Why they fail to do so has puzzled observers, as has the lack of a satisfying explanation of how these institutions actually do work. Using the concept of "engaging," James P. Sewell investigates the development of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The concept of engaging--becoming involved or more involved in a continuing international relationship--permits the author to focus on levels and timing of participation as well as on the participants' motives. Drawing on extensive interviews and on published and unpublished material, his study traces UNESCO's formation and evolution from 1941 to 1972. He considers different forms of engagement, conditions of their effectiveness, and the important role played by political leaders. The concept of engaging provides new insight into several significant questions. How and with what domestic consequences do actors respond to the challenges of an international organization? Why and how do executive managers induce closer engagement in their institutions? Professor Sewell's innovative approach is applicable to the study of all types of intergovernmental organizations. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

What is international law, and how does it work? This book argues that our answers to these fundamental questions are shaped by a variety of social cognition and knowledge production processes. These processes act as invisible frames, through which we understand international law. To better conceive the frames within which international law moves and performs, we must understand how psychological and socio-cultural factors affect decision-making in an international legal process. This includes identifying the groups of people and institutions that shape and alter the prevailing discourse in international law, and unearthing the hidden meaning of the various mythologies that populate and influence our normative world. With chapters from leading experts in the discipline, employing insights from sociology, psychology, and behavioural science, this book investigates the mechanisms that allow us to apprehend and intellectually represent the social practice of international law. It unveils the hidden or unnoticed processes by which our understanding of international law is formed, and helps readers to unlearn some of the presuppositions that inform our largely unquestioned beliefs about international law.

The European Union is often depicted as a cradle of judicial activism and a polity built by courts. Tommaso Pavone shows how this judge-centric narrative conceals a crucial arena for political action. Beneath the radar, Europe's political development unfolded as a struggle between judges who resisted European law and lawyers who pushed them to embrace change. Under the sheepskin of rights-conscious litigants and activist courts, these "Euro-lawyers" sought clients willing to break state laws conflicting with European law, lobbied national judges to uphold European rules, and propelled them to submit noncompliance cases to the European Union's supreme court - the European Court of Justice - by ghostwriting their referrals. By shadowing lawyers who encourage deliberate law-breaking and mobilize courts against their own governments, The Ghostwriters overturns the conventional wisdom regarding the judicial construction of Europe and illuminates how the politics of lawyers can profoundly impact institutional change and transnational governance.

Die europaische Einigung befindet sich derzeit in einer entscheidenden, aber auch schwierigen Phase, weil es nachzuholen gilt, was am Anfang noch nicht moglich war: namlich einen klaren Bauplan fur das gemeinsame Haus Europa zu erstellen. Im Hinblick auf dieses gemeinsame Haus Europa darf nicht vergessen werden, dass Europa grosser ist als die auf 25 Mitglieder erweiterte Union. Im Buch wird geschichtlich die Entstehung des "Traumes" vom vereinigten Europa beschrieben, es werden die Visionen von Staatsmannern wie Churchill oder Schumann dargestellt sowie die Umsetzung dieses Traumes in verschiedenen Institutionen, weiters Tendenzen und Schwierigkeiten dieses Einigungsprozesses. Eingerahmt ist diese Entwicklungsgeschichte des Traums von der europaischen Einigung von der personlichen Sicht und vom personlichen Erleben des Autors als Generalsekretar des Europarates, der altesten und einzigen pan-europaischen Institution. Es folgt schliesslich eine Einschatzung der weiteren Entwicklung durch den Autor. "