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Unsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; the 15th
edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate all
relevant legislation for international law courses. Blackstone's
International Law Documents is an abridged collection of
legislation carefully reviewed and selected by Sir Malcolm Evans.
With unparalleled coverage of international law, Blackstone's
International Law Documents leads the market: consistently
recommended by lecturers and relied on by students for exam and
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video guides to reading and interpreting statutes, web links, exam
tips, and an interactive sample Act of Parliament.
Micro-organisms play a major role in the geochemistry of the
planet, forming the basic stage in the food chain, and thus
sustaining the existence of higher evolutionary life. The
continuing interaction between these living organisms and the
environment, combined with their exploitation by man are shaping
the material world today.Over the last few years our understanding
has increased considerably due to the development of new technology
and the emergence of new paradigms which have enabled the
microbiologist to view the microbial world, and its significance to
life, with new eyes. Combining the basics of science with the most
up-to-date new material, and incorporating high quality photographs
and graphics, this book is valuable as both a textbook and
reference guide for students and professionals.
Micro-organisms play a major role in the geochemistry of the
planet, forming the basic stage in the food chain, and thus
sustaining the existence of higher evolutionary life. The
continuing interaction between these living organisms and the
environment, combined with their exploitation by man are shaping
the material world today. Over the last few years our understanding
has increased considerably due to the development of new technology
and the emergence of new paradigms which have enabled the
microbiologist to view the microbial world, and its significance to
life, with new eyes. Combining the basics of science with the most
up-to-date new material, and incorporating high quality photographs
and graphics, this book is valuable as both a textbook and
reference guide for students and professionals.
Over the last 300 years public international law has developed from
a set of principles, ultimately grounded in natural law, into an
extremely complex web of norms, supporting and sustained by an
array of international institutions which, in combination, present
a system for the realisation of global public order. These volumes,
arranged into five parts, bring together key writings which both
illustrate and exemplify ideas that have informed the historical
development of the discipline. The first part outlines three
approaches, based on systems of natural laws, positivist systems
and finally the system of 'public' international order. Parts two
to four reflect aspects of the issues raised in this introduction
in the context of a number of key areas of substantive law, these
being sources, personality and jurisdiction and immunity. The final
part then takes a look into the potential futures of international
law and the international legal system from a variety of
perspectives, including global administrative law,
transgovernmentalism and public law conceptions of international
order.
Der Ausschuss zur Verhutung von Folter und unmenschlicher oder
erniedrigender Behandlung oder Strafe ist einer der
einflussreichsten Ausschusse des Europarates. Seit seiner
Einsetzung im Jahre 1989 besuchen Spezialisten des Ausschusses
Haftorte einschliesslich Polizeistationen, Justizvollzugsanstalten
und psychiatrische Krankenhauser in ganz Europa zur UEberprufung
der Behandlung der Haftlinge sowie der Haftbedingungen. Das Buch
bietet einen beeindruckenden Einblick in die in der OEffentlichkeit
bislang wenig bekannte Arbeit des Ausschusses sowie eine aktuelle
Zusammenstellung der von ihm entwickelten Standards. Es wendet sich
insbesondere an Mitarbeiter von NGO's, Juristen und Beamte
(Polizeibeamte, Strafvollzugsbeamte, Einwanderungsbehoerden,
psychiatrische Krankenhauser).
MALCOLM EVANS has a wide range of teaching such topics as THE END
TIMES due to his forty plus years as an Adult Sunday School
Teacher. He also has a wide range of business experience from steel
manufacturing and transportation to nursing home and health care
management. He has served in key roles on the boards of Indiana
Wesleyan University, Asbury Theological Seminary, World Gospel
Mission, Lakeview Wesleyan Church, and the Christian Business Men's
Association. His latest book, entitled, "LEADING BUSINESS BY THE
BOOK," covers over forty years of business experience. That book
contains ten principles that over the years have guided Dr. Evans
in understanding how to lead business by the Book, the Bible.
How is the international responsibility of the European Union
determined? In the context of the multilayered and ever-evolving EU
legal order, the Lisbon Treaty has introduced considerable changes
to the EU's participation in international affairs. These have
rendered this thorny question an even more pressing concern, not
only for the EU and its Member States, but also for third countries
and international organizations. Based on papers delivered at the
bi-annual EU/International Law Forum organized by the University of
Bristol in May 2011, this volume brings together EU and
international law experts to address the various questions raised
by the EU's international responsibility. The book discusses
horizontal issues, such as the concept of responsibility of
international organizations in the evolving international legal
order and the different techniques available for determining
responsibility. It also focuses on specific policy areas (trade,
finance and investment, environment, security and defense, and
human rights) by approaching them from both an EU and international
law perspective.
A lively debate on the constitutionalisation of the international
legal order has emerged in recent years. A similar debate has also
taken place within the European Union. This book complements that
debate, exploring the underlying realities that the moves towards
constitutionalism seek to address. It does this by focusing on the
substantive interconnections that the EU has developed over the
years with the rest of the world, and assesses the practical impact
these have both in the development of its legal order as well as in
the international community. Based on papers delivered at the
bi-annual EU/International Law Forum organised by the University of
Bristol in March 2009, this collection of essays examines policy
areas of economic governance (trade, financial services, migration,
environment), political governance (human rights, criminal law,
responses to financing terrorism), security governance
(counter-terrorism, use of force, non-proliferation), and the issue
of the emergence of European and global values. How are these areas
shaped by the interaction between EU law and other legal orders and
polities? In what ways does the EU impact on other transnational
legal systems? And how are its own rules and principles shaped by
such systems? These questions are addressed in the light of the
specific legal and political context within which the EU pursues
its policies by interacting with the rest of the world.
This is the second volume of Documents of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights published by Hart Publishing (Volume I,
1999, ISBN:9781841130927). The second volume includes the key
documents published between 1998 and 2007. Once again the aim of
the work is to provide not only the basic documents, but also the
less well known material related to the jurisprudence emanating
from the consideration of communications. This volume therefore
includes, amongst other material, the most recent activity reports
adopted by the Commission, resolutions, and final communiques from
the sessions. Together with Volume I this is the most comprehensive
available set of documents on the African Commission, and will be
an essential reference for academics, students, and practitioners.
The essays in this collection explore the various ways in which a
number of key European and International legal institutions attempt
to define the boundaries of jurisdictional competence. The
principle questions which are addressed are: (a) Does the relevant
institution have a jurisdictional competence adequate to the
challenges that it faces? (b) What are the parameters that bear
upon the exercise of a particular jurisdictional competence? (c)
What are the effects, positive or negative, of extending,
restraining or creating a particular jurisdictional competence on
those subject to its jurisdiction, other actors and the rule of law
itself? Examples of the institutions covered in this book are the
Security Council, the European Court of Justice, NATO, the
International Court of Justice and the State. Contents: 1.
Introduction; (A) Theoretical Approaches to the Assertion of
Jurisdiction 2. Jurisdiction: The State - Frank Berman; 3. New Wine
in Old Bottles or Old Wine in New Bottles or Only Old Wine in Old
Bottles? Reflections on the Assertion of Jurisdiction in Public
International Law - Iain Scobbie; 4. The Exercise of Jurisdiction
in Private International Law - Jonathan Hill; (B) Approaches to the
Assertion of Jurisdiction Political Bodies: 5. National Law,
International Law and EU Law - How do they Relate? - Trevor
Hartley; 6. The Member States' Competence and Jurisdiction under
the EU/EC Treaties - Stephen Hyett; 7. Competition Law in a
Globalized Marketplace: Beyond Jurisdiction - Brenda Sufrin; 8. The
Jurisdiction of the Security Council: Original Intention and New
World Order(s) - Colin Warbrick; 9. Jurisdiction, NATO and the
Kosovo Conflict - Christopher Greenwood; (C) Approaches to the
Assertion of Jurisdiction by Adjudicative Bodies: 10. Approaches of
Domestic Courts to the Assertion of International Jurisdiction -
Hazel Fox; 11. Assertion of Jurisdiction by the International Court
of Justice - Abdul Koroma; 12. Approaches to the Assertion of
International Jurisdiction: The Human Rights Committee - Dominic
McGoldrick; 13. Some Problems of Compulsory Jurisdiction before
Specialised Tribunals: The Law of the Sea - Alan Boyle;15 Activism
and Restraint in the European Court of Justice - Stephen
Weatherill; 14. The Assertion of Jurisdiction by the European Court
of Justice - John Usher.
Fourteen years since its establishment,the work of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has not received the
attention that should have been paid to its important contributions
towards the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. The
aim of this publication is to provide not only the basic documents,
but also the less well known material related to the jurisprudence
emanating from the consideration of communications. This volume
therefore includes, amongst other material, the twelve activity
reports adopted by the Commission, resolutions, and final
communiques from the sessions. This is the first attempt to
reproduce comprehensively the many documents of the Commission
adopted since its inception in 1987. It will be an essential
reference for academics, students, and practitioners. The
publication is produced in collaboration with the African Society
for International and Comparative Law, the Centre for Human Rights
at the University of Pretoria and Interights in London.
Evans' International Law is widely celebrated as an outstanding
collection of interesting and diverse writings from the leading
scholars in the field. The fully updated fifth edition succeeds in
explaining the principles of international law and exposing the
debates and challenges that underlie it. Now fully revised and
updated, it continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating
overview of this increasingly important subject; revealing
international law in its full diversity. Online resources:
International Law is also accompanied by online resources,
featuring the personal views and recollections of eminent
international law practitioners.
As religion has become more visible in public life, with closer
relations of co-operation with government as well as a force in
some political campaigns, its place in public life has become more
contested. Fudged compromises of the past are giving way to a
desire for clear lines and moral principles. This book brings the
disciplines of law, sociology, politics and theology into
conversation with one anther to shed light on the questions thrown
up by 'religion in a liberal state'. It discusses practical
problems in a British context, such as the accommodation of
religious dress, discrimination against sexual minorities and state
support for historic religions; considers legal frameworks of
equality and human rights; and elucidates leading ideas of
neutrality, pluralism, secularism and public reason. Fundamentally,
it asks what it means to be liberal in a world in which religious
diversity is becoming more present and more problematic.
This collection of essays by leading international lawyers is aimed
at providing informed analysis of the growing spectrum of remedies
available in international fora for breaches of international law.
Prime among the institutions active in offering remedies for such
breaches is the International Court of Justice,and the volume
contains reflections by two of its members, Judge Higgins and Judge
Koroma. But the ICJ is no longer alone in offering a forum for the
granting of remedies; amidst the proliferation of international
bodies, the European Court of Justice, the World Trade Organisation
and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea are active.
Several of the most interesting contributions to this volume deal
with these institutions and their current work. In addition there
are important new essays on mediation in international law,
diplomatic settlement and arbitration.
The Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and
of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, as proclaimed by the
United Nations General Assembly in 1981, is the only universal
human rights instrument specifically focusing on religious
intolerance and discrimination. However, recent years have seen
increasing controversy surrounding this right, in both political
and legal contexts. The European Court of Human Rights has
experienced a vast expansion in the number of cases it has had
brought before it concerning religious freedom, and politically the
boundaries of the right have been much disputed. This book provides
a systematic analysis of the different approaches to religious
rights which exist in public international law. The book explores
how particular institutional perspectives emerge in the context of
these differing approaches. It examines, and challenges, these
institutional perspectives. It identifies new directions for
approaching religious rights through international law by examining
existing legal tools, and assesses their achievements and
shortcomings. It studies religious organisations' support for
international human rights protection, as well as religious
critique of international human rights and the development of an
alternative religious 'Bills of Rights'. It investigates whether
expressions of members belonging to religious minorities can be
considered under the minority right to culture, rather than the
right to religion, and discusses the benefits and shortcomings of
such a route. It analyses the reach and limits of the provisions in
the 1981 Declaration, identifies ways in which the right is being
eroded as a concept, and suggests new ways in which the right can
be reinforced and protected.
The African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights came into force in
1986, and is unique in that it lacks a precedent. However, little
scholarship exists analysing it as an operational system in
practice. The success of the first edition of this book led to this
updated 2008 second edition. Contributors include experts who have
been actively involved in the implementation of the Charter -
commissioners, NGOs and academics. Offering a detailed evaluation
of the Charter as a mechanism for the promotion and protection of
human rights in Africa, the contributions cover the Charter's
reporting system, the interpretation of different rights by the
Commission, the prospects for the African Court on Human and
Peoples' Rights and the role of NGOs. This authoritative and
comprehensive volume will interest lawyers acting for government
and non-governmental organisations, as well as academics and
postgraduates.
The African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights came into force in
1986, and is unique in that it lacks a precedent. However, little
scholarship exists analysing it as an operational system in
practice. The success of the first edition of this book has led to
this updated second edition. Contributors include experts who have
been actively involved in the implementation of the Charter -
commissioners, NGOs and academics. Offering a detailed evaluation
of the Charter as a mechanism for the promotion and protection of
human rights in Africa, the contributions cover the Charter's
reporting system, the interpretation of different rights by the
Commission, the prospects for the African Court on Human and
Peoples' Rights and the role of NGOs. This authoritative and
comprehensive volume will interest lawyers acting for government
and non-governmental organisations, as well as academics and
postgraduates.
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