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Edited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku, this forward-looking
book examines the scope and options for the United Nations Security
Council to respond to climate insecurity. A cross-disciplinary team
of experts addresses the range of political and legal
considerations involved, including, the scope for adapting existing
Council tools to address the challenge of climate change, the
legality and legitimacy of doing so, the attitude of the P5 and EU,
and Council action to date. Specific tools considered include
establishing an international court or tribunal, targeted
sanctions, peace missions, and ?legislation?. The starting
assumption is that, given the futures projected by climate
scientists and the responsibility of the Council for international
peace and security, the Council will almost inevitably take its
place as a key player in climate governance. Contributors therefore
focus on the question of just how the Council will be able to most
constructively contribute to effective climate governance and how
it can begin to prepare for such a role. This book will be of great
value to scholars investigating the governance of climate change.
For activists and government officials the book provides high
quality research that can be drawn upon to give background to
debate, and inform future policy.
Climate change will fundamentally affect every area of human
endeavor, including the development of international law. This book
maps the current and potential impacts of climate change on the
norms, principles, rules and processes of international law. This
timely study brings together a group of leading scholars in their
respective fields of international law to examine the impacts of
climate change, and our responses to it, on the whole spectrum of
international legal regimes, including those dealing with
everything from climate displacement, human rights, and
international trade and investment, to the oceans, the environment,
armed conflicts and the use of force, and outer-space. The volume
also examines the impacts of climate change on the underlying
principles and processes of international law, including those
relating to the making and enforcement of international law and to
third party dispute resolution. The book shows that there is much
more to dealing with climate change than negotiating one global
climate change-specific regime. Other areas of international law
can, and must, be included in the solution. In this way
international law can maximize its coherence and its efficacy. This
well-documented study will appeal to international lawyers,
academics, policymakers, government employees, negotiators,
practitioners, international legal theorists and anyone interested
in climate change and how to maximize our international legal and
policy responses to it. Contributors: J. Brunnee, M.-C. Cordonier
Segger, E. Crawford, A. Edwards, M.W. Gehring, C. Gray, J. Hepburn,
E. Hey, K. Hulme, S. Humphreys, R. Lefeber, F. Lyall, A. Naude
Fourie, H.M. Osofsky, R. Rayfuse, C. Redgwell, S.V. Scott
Over recent decades International Relations scholars have
investigated norm dynamics processes at some length, with the 'norm
entrepreneur' concept having become a common reference point in the
literature. The focus on norm entrepreneurs has, however, resulted
in a bias towards investigating the agents and processes of
successful normative change. This book challenges this inherent
bias by explicitly focusing on those who resist normative change -
norm 'antipreneurs'. The utility of the norm antipreneur concept is
explored through a series of case studies encompassing a range of
issue areas and contributed by a mix of well-known and emergent
scholars of norm dynamics. In examining the complexity of norm
resistance, particular attention is paid to the nature and intent
of the actors involved in norm-contestation, the sites and
processes of resistance, the strategies and tactics antipreneurs
deploy to defend the values and interests they perceive to be
threatened by the entrepreneurs, and whether it is the
entrepreneurs or the antipreneurs who enjoy greater inherent
advantages. This text will therefore be of interest to scholars and
students of International Relations, International Law, Political
Science, Sociology and History.
Over recent decades International Relations scholars have
investigated norm dynamics processes at some length, with the 'norm
entrepreneur' concept having become a common reference point in the
literature. The focus on norm entrepreneurs has, however, resulted
in a bias towards investigating the agents and processes of
successful normative change. This book challenges this inherent
bias by explicitly focusing on those who resist normative change -
norm 'antipreneurs'. The utility of the norm antipreneur concept is
explored through a series of case studies encompassing a range of
issue areas and contributed by a mix of well-known and emergent
scholars of norm dynamics. In examining the complexity of norm
resistance, particular attention is paid to the nature and intent
of the actors involved in norm-contestation, the sites and
processes of resistance, the strategies and tactics antipreneurs
deploy to defend the values and interests they perceive to be
threatened by the entrepreneurs, and whether it is the
entrepreneurs or the antipreneurs who enjoy greater inherent
advantages. This text will therefore be of interest to scholars and
students of International Relations, International Law, Political
Science, Sociology and History.
Reflecting a dramatically changing global context, the third
edition of International Law in World Politics introduces the
actors, structures, processes, and issues of international law in a
way that makes sense to students of political science. Features of
the new edition include: * current case studies that bring the
subject to life * an entirely new chapter on international courts
and tribunals * more attention to trade and economic issues *
even-handed discussion of such contentious topics as the Iran
nuclear deal, Africa and the ICC, the Paris climate agreement,
rising tensions in the South China Sea, and more The result is a
text that effectively explains the role that international law
plays in the arena of world politics today.
Observers of the USA's attitude towards international law seem to
be perpetually taken aback by its actions, whether those relate to
the use of force, the International Criminal Court or human rights.
This book sets out to articulate the considerable degree of
continuity in the nature of US engagement with international law.
International Law, US Power explains that the USA has throughout
its history pursued a quest for defensive and offensive legal
security and that this was a key ingredient in the rise of the USA.
Although skilful strategic involvement with international law was
an ingredient in the USA 'winning' the Cold War, the rise of China
and the growing negotiating strength of leading developing
countries mean that the USA is likely to find it increasingly
difficult to use the same set of techniques in the future.
Observers of the USA's attitude towards international law seem to
be perpetually taken aback by its actions, whether those relate to
the use of force, the International Criminal Court or human rights.
This book sets out to articulate the considerable degree of
continuity in the nature of US engagement with international law.
International Law, US Power explains that the USA has throughout
its history pursued a quest for defensive and offensive legal
security and that this was a key ingredient in the rise of the USA.
Although skilful strategic involvement with international law was
an ingredient in the USA 'winning' the Cold War, the rise of China
and the growing negotiating strength of leading developing
countries mean that the USA is likely to find it increasingly
difficult to use the same set of techniques in the future.
This book is a discussion of key documents that explain the
development, current status, and relevance of the international law
governing the initiation of military hostilities. International Law
and the Use of Force: A Documentary and Reference Guide brings to
life a crucial body of law, explaining its historical origins, the
core rules and principles of the regime embodied in the Charter of
the United Nations, and contentious aspects of that law in the
contemporary world. In light of the intensified interest in the
question of justified or unjustified use of force, this timely
resource introduces and analyzes over 40 documents relating to the
legality of the initiation of military hostilities. The volume
presents competing assessments of the legality of key uses of force
and explains mainstream positions on important issues such as
national right to self-defense, anticipatory and preemptive
self-defense, terrorism, aggression, and the role of the UN
Security Council. The book concludes by assessing whether the
international law that seeks to limit the number of wars has in
fact made the world a more peaceful place.
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