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The United Nations The Evolution Of Global Values And International Law
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Book Synopsis The United Nations, the Evolution of Global Values and International Law by : Otto Spijkers
Download or read book The United Nations, the Evolution of Global Values and International Law written by Otto Spijkers and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, author Otto Spijkers describes how moral values determined the founding of the United Nations Organization in 1945, and the evolution of its purposes, principles, and policies since then. A detailed examination of the proceedings of the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco demonstrates that the drafting of the UN Charter was significantly influenced by global moral values, i.e. globally-shared beliefs distinguishing right from wrong, good from bad, and the current from a preferable state-of-the-world. A common desire - to eradicate war, poverty, inhuman treatment, and to halt the exploitation of peoples - has led to an affirmation of the values of peace and security, social progress and development, human dignity, and the self-determination of all peoples. All these values ended up in the UN Charter. The book further analyzes how the UN, and especially its General Assembly, has continued to influence the maturing of global morality through contributions to the values debate, and to the translation of these values into the language of international law, including the law on the use of force, sustainable development, human rights, and the right to self-determination. (Series: School of Human Rights Research - Vol. 47)
Book Synopsis The United Nations and International Law by : Christopher C. Joyner
Download or read book The United Nations and International Law written by Christopher C. Joyner and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-28 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides students and scholars with a text that examines, explains, and appraises contributions made by the United Nations to contemporary international law and the law-creating process. The authors consider how UN institutions have made the law, what law has been made, and the extent to which that law has been meaningfully accepted by and evidenced in contemporary state practice. The study first deals with processes and measures that cut across law-making, covering practical as well as conceptual aspects. Then the substantive law is addressed in terms of the different fields of activity that the United Nations has made subject to legal rules and processes. Some chapters cover prominent areas, such as human rights, use of force, and economic relations; others deal with topics which have not previously been examined with sufficient care, such as labor, the environment, refugees, and women. The book's final section deals with the internal law of the UN system itself - the international civil services and financial contributions.
Book Synopsis The United Nations System by : Nigel D. White
Download or read book The United Nations System written by Nigel D. White and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the legal rather than political aspects of the United Nations, White (international organizations, U. of Nottingham) evaluates the goals, purposes, and values of the UN system, analyzes the institutional machinery created to fulfill those purposes, examines the implementation of the organization's goals, and comments on the UNOs effectiveness in the key areas of security, justice, human rights, the environment, and economic development. White intends this academic text to provide a useful basis from which to consider the long-term effects of recent dramatic world events, and the responses of the international community. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The values of international organizations by : James D. Fry
Download or read book The values of international organizations written by James D. Fry and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the United Nations to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, the principles of international organizations affect all of our lives. The principles these organizations live by represent, at least in part, the principles all of us live by. This book quantifies international organizations’ affiliation with particular principles in their constitutions, like cooperation, peace and equality. Offering a sophisticated statistical and legal analysis of these principles, the authors reveal the values contained in international organizations’ constitutions and their relationship with one another. When these organizations are divided into groups, like regional versus universal organizations, many new, seemingly contradictory, interpretations of international organizations law emerge. Through elaborate network representations, radar charters, k-clusters analyses and scatter plots, this book offers an unprecedented insight into the principles and values of international organizations.
Book Synopsis International Law from Below by : Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Download or read book International Law from Below written by Balakrishnan Rajagopal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of transnational social movements as major actors in international politics - as witnessed in Seattle in 1999 and elsewhere - has sent shockwaves through the international system. Many questions have arisen about the legitimacy, coherence and efficiency of the international order in the light of the challenges posed by social movements. This book offers a fundamental critique of twentieth-century international law from the perspective of Third World social movements. It examines in detail the growth of two key components of modern international law - international institutions and human rights - in the context of changing historical patterns of Third World resistance. Using a historical and interdisciplinary approach, Rajagopal presents compelling evidence challenging debates on the evolution of norms and institutions, the meaning and nature of the Third World as well as the political economy of its involvement in the international system.
Book Synopsis The United Nations and the Principles of International Law by : Vaughan Lowe
Download or read book The United Nations and the Principles of International Law written by Vaughan Lowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the fall of communism and the appearance of a new world order, it is hoped that the United Nations will become the principle organisation for the regulation of relations between states as well as for the settlement of conflict. The recent crises over Iraq and the continued bloodshed in the former Yugoslavia have ensured a higher profile for the United Nations but have at the same time placed great pressure on that organisation to resolve conflict and organise relations between states in a manner that is acceptable to the international community. The essays collected in this volume are published in conjunction with the International Law Group. Providing valuable statements of the fundamentals of international law from leading authorities, they re-examine the Declaration of Principles of International Law Governing Friendly Relations Between States. The Declaration is the nearest thing that states have to an international constitution and embodies the fundamental values of the international legal system. The great changes in the international system since 1989 hold out the prospect of the reinvigoration of the Charter, perhaps for a new system of international legal relations, and make the reconsideration of the Declaration particularly timely.
Book Synopsis Law and Practice of the United Nations by : Simon Chesterman
Download or read book Law and Practice of the United Nations written by Simon Chesterman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In memory of Professor Thomas M. Franck"
Download or read book The United Nations written by Franz Cede and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2001-02-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political changes in the world have profoundly altered the United Nations. This new book is one of the first to describe the structure of the world organization in the present context of international relations. "The United Nations: Law and Practice" is a no-nonsense book, concise, informative and up-to-date. In their respective careers as diplomats or academics, all authors combine vast practical and theoretical experience in dealing with the UN.
Book Synopsis The International Rule of Law by : Heike Krieger
Download or read book The International Rule of Law written by Heike Krieger and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume examines the role of international law in a changing global order. Can we, under the current significantly changing conditions, still observe an increasing juridification of international relations based on a universal understanding of values? Or are we, to the contrary, facing a tendency towards an informalization or a reformalization of international law, or even an erosion of international legal norms? Would it be appropriate to revisit classical elements of international law in order to react to structural changes, which may give rise to a more polycentric or non-polar world order? Or are we simply observing a slump in the development towards an international rule of law based on a universal understanding of values? In eleven chapters, distinguished scholars reflect on how to approach these questions from historical, system-oriented and actor-centered perspectives. The contributions engage with the rise of European international law since the 17th century, the decay of the international rule of law, compliance as an indicator for the state of international law, international law and informal law-making in times of populism, the rule of environmental law and complex problems, human rights in Europe in a hostile environment, the influence of the BRICS states on international law, the impact of non-state actors on international law, international law's contribution to global justice, the contestation of value-based norms and the international rule of law in light of legitimacy claims.
Book Synopsis Transatlantic Jurisdictional Conflicts in Data Protection Law by : Mistale Taylor
Download or read book Transatlantic Jurisdictional Conflicts in Data Protection Law written by Mistale Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at transatlantic jurisdictional conflicts in data protection law and how the fundamental right to data protection conditions the EU's exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction. Governments, companies and individuals are handling ever more digitised personal data, so it is increasingly important to ensure this data is protected. Meanwhile, the Internet is changing how territory and jurisdiction are realised online. The EU promotes personal data protection as a fundamental right. Especially since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation started applying in 2018, its data protection laws have had strong effects beyond its territory. In contrast, similar US information privacy laws are rooted in the marketplace and carry less normative heft. This has provoked clashes with the EU when their values, interests and laws conflict. This research uses three case studies to suggest ways to mitigate transatlantic jurisdictional tensions over data protection and security, the free flow of information and trade.
Book Synopsis The United Nations at Age Fifty by : Christian Tomuschat
Download or read book The United Nations at Age Fifty written by Christian Tomuschat and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1995-10-25 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 50th anniversary of the United Nations provides a welcome opportunity to reflect on what the world organization has been able to achieve during the first half century of its existence. The contributions assembled in this volume all purport to ascertain whether and to what extent it has been possible to promote the community values acknowledged by the UN Charter through methods and mechanisms in accordance with the rule of law. The work does not confine itself to focusing solely on developments of the past, and provides insights which can be used as beacons for the future. The volume has been divided into two parts. The first part is devoted to the institutions and mechanisms designed to maintain international peace and security. The second part addresses the additional tasks of the UN. Contributions are from experts who, as nationals of countries enjoying special privileges within the UN system or seeking to obtain such a position, are intimately familiar with the policies of their governments, what specific objectives they would like to see pursued by the competent organs, and what changes in the institutional structure they may suggest.
Book Synopsis Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development by : Niels M. Blokker
Download or read book Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development written by Niels M. Blokker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rich collection focuses on the broad research interests of Professor Nico Schrijver, in whose honour it was created. Written by a wide range of international scholars affiliated with Leiden University's Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, the essays reflect Professor Schrijver's important contribution to academia and practice, particularly in the fields of sovereignty, human rights and sustainable development. The authors aim to reflect on changes in international law and on new developments in the diverse fields they explore. "Furthering frontiers" is the research theme of the Grotius Centre. Its exploration in this thought-provoking volume is a fitting homage to Nico Schrijver's achievements on the occasion of his retirement as Chair of Public International Law of Leiden University.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Contemporary International Law by : Lung-chu Chen
Download or read book An Introduction to Contemporary International Law written by Lung-chu Chen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Contemporary International Law: A Policy-Oriented Perspective introduces the reader to all major aspects of contemporary international law. It applies the highly acclaimed approach developed by the New Haven School of International Law, holding international law as an ongoing process of authoritative decision-making through which the members of the world community identify, clarify, and secure their common interests. Unlike conventional works in international law, this book is organized and structured in terms of the process of decision making in the international arena, and references both classic historical examples and contemporary events to illustrate international legal processes and principles. Using contemporary examples, this Third Edition builds on the previous editions by contextualizing and dramatizing recent events with reference to seven features that characterize the New Haven School approach to international law: participants, perspectives, arenas of decision, bases of power, strategies, outcomes, and effects. This new edition highlights cutting-edge ideas in international law, including the right to self-determination, the evolution of Taiwan statehood, the expanding scope of international concern and the duty of states to protect human rights, the trend towards greater accountability for states and individual decision-makers under international law, and the vital role individual responsibility plays in the emerging field of international criminal law. It offers a new generation the intellectual tools needed to act as responsible citizens in a world community seeking human dignity and human security for all people.
Book Synopsis The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an example of global norm evolution at the United Nations by : Florian Lehmann
Download or read book The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an example of global norm evolution at the United Nations written by Florian Lehmann and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: 2,0, LMU Munich (Juristische Fakultät), course: Munich Advanced Course in International Law (MACIL) - Summer School, language: English, abstract: The text explores the development of international law, particularly focusing on its evolution within the framework of the United Nations and its relevance to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It addresses the ongoing debate about the need for reform within the UN Charter and the challenges associated with multilateral norm development. The paper's central question revolves around the effectiveness of international law in the context of the 2030 Agenda. It seeks to analyze the achievements and existing complications in global norm development, emphasizing the comparison between the UN Charter's preamble and the 2030 Agenda to highlight the transformations undergone by international law. Divided into sections, the text first discusses the evolution of international law and its implications for the 2030 Agenda, followed by an overview of the 2030 Agenda and its norm development. It then delves into the effectiveness of norm development within this agenda, examining successes and failures. Additionally, it touches upon the issue of compliance with non-binding laws and offers insights into potential future developments. The conclusion summarizes the findings presented throughout the paper and revisits the initial research question regarding the effectiveness of international law within the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Book Synopsis Tracing Value Change in the International Legal Order by : Heike Krieger
Download or read book Tracing Value Change in the International Legal Order written by Heike Krieger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International law is constantly navigating the tension between preserving the status quo and adapting to new exigencies. But when and how do such adaptation processes give way to a more profound transformation, if not a crisis of international law? To address the question of how attacks on the international legal order are changing the value orientation of international law, this book brings together scholars of international law and international relations. By combining theoretical and methodological analyses with individual case studies, this book offers readers conceptualizations and tools to systematically examine value change and explore the drivers and mechanisms of these processes. These case studies scrutinize value change in the foundational norms of the post-1945 order and in norms representing the rise of the international legal order post-1990. They cover diverse issues: the prohibition of torture, the protection of women's rights, the prohibition of the use of force, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, sustainability norms, and accountability for core international crimes. The challenges to each norm, the reactions by norm defenders, and the fate of each norm are also studied. Combined, the analyses show that while a few norms have remained surprisingly robust, several are changing, either in substance or in legal or social validity. The book concludes by integrating the conceptual and empirical insights from this interdisciplinary exchange to assess and explain the ambiguous nature of value change in international law beyond the extremes of mere progress or decline.
Book Synopsis What's Wrong with International Law? by : Cedric Ryngaert
Download or read book What's Wrong with International Law? written by Cedric Ryngaert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honouring Professor A.H.A. Soons, scholar and practitioner of international law, this Liber Amicorum identifies gaps or 'wrong norms' in specific fields of international law, and addresses the fundamental question of what is wrong with international law as a system for creatiing global public order.
Book Synopsis International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations by : Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
Download or read book International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations written by Daniëlla Dam-de Jong and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural resource wealth is conducive to a country's development. Nevertheless, the last few decades have shown a harsher reality, where natural resources have also triggered, financed or fuelled a number of internal armed conflicts. Examples include the armed conflicts in Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which have been financed with the exploitation of a variety of valuable natural resources, including diamonds, gold, timber, oil and cocoa. The aim of this book is to assess the contribution of international law in ensuring that natural resources are used to promote development and to achieve sustainable peace instead of financing armed conflict. For this purpose, the author discusses the international legal framework for the governance of natural resources in States in general, in situations of armed conflict and as part of conflict resolution and post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.
