Creator: Finn Laursen
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1992-06-23
Dewey code: 321.04094
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Review The Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union:Institutional Reforms, New Policies and International Identity of the European Community (Professional Research Paper) (Professional Research Paper) / Springer:The radical changes taking place in the international scene during the late 1980s have presented the European Communities with important new challenges. The twelve member States agreed that the only way to respond effectively to this new situation was to speed up the European integration process, and in December 1990 two Intergovernmental Conferences were inaugurated, focusing respectively on the development of an Economic and Monetary Union and a Political Union. It was the difficult task of the Luxembourg and Dutch Presidencies to channel the often very diverging positions of the different actors in the process into the coherent set of amendments to the Treaties forming the European Communities. This publication examines the positions which the different Member States, the Commission and the European Parliament have been defending in the Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union and more particularly with regard to one of the most sensitive topics under discussion, namely the development of a Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The introduction places the debate on the development of a Political Union and a CFSP in an historical perspective and gives an overview of the progression of the negotiations. The concluding chapter presents a general framework for better understanding of the course and results of the negotiations, and a critical evaluation of the outcome. The annexes reproduce the main proposals on the development of a CFSP submitted to the Conference.
Creator: A. Cassese
Publication date: 1986-01-01
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Review Developments in International Law, the Current Legal Regulation of the Use of Force (Developments in International Law) (Developments in International Law) / Brill Academic Publishers:
Creator: Andrea Ott
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-10-16
Dewey code: 341
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Review Handbook on European Enlargement:A Commentary on the Enlargement Process / Springer:The Handbook on European Enlargement (HEE) is the most comprehensive legal commentary on the enlargement process, which brings together 52 leading authors from Member States and candidate countries, who are working at the European Commission, universities and in public administrations. The underlying rationale of the HEE is to depict and analyze the legal framework for the enlargement process and to provide a comprehensive guide to academics, practitioners and students.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1994-12-16
Dewey code: 341.481
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Review Reservations to UN-Human Rights Treaties:Ratify and Ruin? (International Studies in Human Rights) (International Studies in Human Rights) / Springer:This text concentrates on the concepts and mechanisms in international law that are relevant to reservations. The role of states, and the possibilities afforded supervisory committees to monitor the impact of reservations, form the other important topic. Little information exists on the impact of reservations to UN human rights instruments. This study highlights the possibilities states and supervisory organs have to reduce the detrimental impact of reservations within the existing framework and gives some proposals for a better and tighter provision on reservations. The UN Human Rights Treaties that are discussed are: the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-11-18
Dewey code: 341.754
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Review Commentary (GATT Uruguay Round: A Negotiating History (1986-1992)) / Springer:The most ambitious round of multilateral trade negotiations since the formation of the GATT was formally launched in Punta del Este, Uruguay in 1986. With more than 100 nations participating in the "Uruguay Round" negotiations, complex economic problems and difficult political realities made reaching international accord on major trading issues a long and arduous process. The three-volume set presents a history of these negotiations, portraying how participating nations reached their current positions on the proposed major changes in trade in agriculture and textiles, adoption of rules for trade in services, review of existing trade regulations, increased protection of intellectual property rights and the liberalization of the market for many important products. The set contains information which should be useful for all involved in international trade. Legal practitioners, business executives, academics and government officials seeking to understand the position of the important players and grasp the implications of the final agreement should find this factually-objective and politically-neutral account of the negotiations a useful resource. This is volume 1 of the set. The complete set is also available, as are individual chapters, allowing for the purchase of only that information in which a customer has a specific interest.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1994-01-06
Dewey code: 341.4846
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Review The International Law of Expropriation As Reflected in the Work of the Iran-U. S. Claims Tribunal (Developments in International Law, Vol 17) (Developments in International Law, Vol 17) / Springer:This book deals with expropriation and other measures affecting property rights as set out in the awards of the Iran-U. S. Claims Tribunal, and thus examines the relation between general international law and the "lex specialis," viz. , the provisions of the Algiers Declarations and the Treaty of Amity between the Governments of Iran and the United States. It studies what rights have been considered as property rights capable of being independently expropriated or affected by other measures, and what rights have not been so qualified, although they might have been considered as forming an element of valuation. Furthermore, the liability and attributability issues are discussed, as are the methods of compensation and of valuation.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-05-21
Dewey code: 341
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Review Sources of International Law (Developments in International Law, Vol 27) (Developments in International Law, Vol 27) / Springer:The author of this volume goes back to the meaning of the term "source" and analyzes in detail the various sources of international law. A critical analysis of other representative views is given as the book explores solutions to problems presented. A systematic explanation of recent pronouncements of international courts and tribunals with regard to customary law is also given, as well as a specific examination of solutions prescribed in the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Publication date: 1981-09-01
Dewey code: 327
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Review Interim Protection: A Functional Approach / Kluwer Law International:
Creator: Walter Lipgens
Publication date: 1984-12
Dewey code: 341.242
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Review Documents on the History of European Integration: Continental Plans for European Union 1939-1945 (Series B, History, Volume 1) / Walter De Gruyter Inc:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-01-29
Dewey code: 346
List Price: $398.00
Price: $331.59
Review The International Survey of Family Law, 1995 (International Survey of Family Law) (International Survey of Family Law) / Springer:Supplying information, analysis and comment on recent developments in family law, this volume provides a country by country coverage of the world. Where a country has been regularly surveyed each year, the developments discussed correspond to the year in question. If certain countries have not been surveyed for some years the contributors will usually attempt to cover the intervening period. When a country is being covered for the first time more background information will be provided about the state of family law within the country in question.
Publication date: 1988-08-01
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Review Facing the Holocaust in Budapest, the International Committee of (IPA Report) (IPA Report) / Kluwer Law International:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-10-11
Dewey code: 341
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Review Liability and Environment:Private and Public Law Aspects of Civil Liability for Environmental Harm in an International Context / Springer:"Liability and Environment" analyzes the role of law, in particular civil liability, in controlling environmental pollution and risk. In modern environmental policy, liability has become a popular instrument. In this book, Bergkamp takes a fresh look at civil liability for environmental harm in an international and transnational context. Over the last decade, industry's liability exposure for environmental harm has expanded significantly. At the international, EC, and national level proposals for onerous strict environmental liability regimes are pending. Applying an instrumental approach to legal instruments, the text aims to redefine the role of liability in the heavily-regulated environmental area. It shows that liability for environmental harm is not justified by the "polluter pays" principle, is an uncertain and unreliable instrument for achieving prevention, results in an inefficient insurance scheme, and plays a dubious role in adjusting activity levels. Based on an analysis of the basic characteristics of alternative legal instruments, Professor Bergkamp concludes that civil liability should play a more modest, limited role in an environmental law system dominated by public law. Where deterrence is not the objective, first party insurance, compensation funds, or other public law regimes should be preferred over liability rules. In addition to civil liability of private parties, Liability and Environment discusses State liability under international, EC, and national law. [+]Under international law, breach of a primary obligation triggers a State's liability. Prof. Bergkamp argues that this rule should be applied also to liability of private parties. In the environmental area, a business' primary obligations are spelled out in detailed permit conditions, regulations, and statutes. According to Prof. Bergkamp, only if a primary obligation is breached, a private person should be liable for environmental harm. The system that Bergkamp advocates is an objective fault liability regime, in which public environmental law defines the standard of care for both government and industry. "In rebuilding our civil liability system, we should keep in mind that what is good for industry should be good for everyone (or it is not good for anyone), we should keep in mind that what is good for private parties should be good for the state (or it is not good for either). In rebuilding our civil liability system, the international law of State responsibility, which is unpolluted by risk spreading and activity level considerations, will guide us a long way. " This book is aimed at advanced law students, academic scholars, and practitioners. In addition, it should be of interest to policy and legislative analysts, legislators, and government officials.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1992-09-17
Dewey code: 341.2909989
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Review Antarctica and the Law of the Sea (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 18) (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 18) / Springer:Antarctica and Southern Ocean cover one-tenth of the earth's surface. In a legal and environmental sense, Antarctica represents the geography of hope. It is the freshest and most pristine of regions, governed by a legal regime that offers Antarctica and its circumpolar water the unique possibility of becoming the world's first global wilderness preserve. But in today's age of resource scarcity, Antarctica still provides much political, economic and legal debate. Over the past decade, international attention has increasingly focused on the legal status of the continent, the potential for hydrocarbon exploitation offshore, and opportunities for harvesting circumpolar living marine resources. In this treatment, Chistopher C. Joyner undertakes a serious examination of the intimate relationship between Antarctica and the law of the sea. Using Antarctic as a case study, Joyner probes large conceptual issues of ocean law and politics. He uses the intricate details of oceanography and law to unravel the dynamics of the Antarctic Treaty System. In doing so, he examines how the changing importance of Antarctic issues has affected the development of the law of the sea for the region, the ways in which states define their national interests, and the accommodation through various negotiations that have contributed to the development of law for governing the Southern Ocean. [+]This study critically analyzes the region's biogeography, the condition of sovereignty on the continent, the lawfulness of asserting jurisdictional zones offshore, and the various legal implications for Antarctica's continental shelf, local island groups, circumpolar deep seabed and the Southern Ocean's high seas. Moreover, the special legal efforts by the international community to protect the Antarctic seas from marine pollution and to conserve its living marine resources are appraised. This text aims to provide an assessment of how law can progressively develop for a resource-rich region of the world's ocean. As such, it should appeal to a broad range of international lawyers and social scientists who are interested in international relations, political economy, environmental politics and the law of the sea.
Publication date: 1982
Review Recueil des accords: Internationaux conclus par les cantons suisses : en vigueur au 1 janvier 1980 (Schriften des Forschungsinstituts fur Foderalismus und Regionalstrukturen, Riehen/Basel) / P. Lang:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-07-30
Dewey code: 341
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Review Asian Yearbook International Law, 1995 (Asian Yearbook of International Law) (Asian Yearbook of International Law) / Springer:The "Asian Yearbook of International Law is the first publication dedicated primarily to international law as seen from an Asian perspective. It provides international law articles written by experts from the region and other articles relating to Asian topics. The editorial board, national correspondents, advisory council, and governing board comprise a diverse group of academics and government officials from a wide range of countries and positions. The "Asian Yearbook of International Law offers a number of useful features: - articles; - notes; - legal materials (such as the state practice in a number of Asian countries and participation in multilateral treaties); - Asia and international organizations; - chronicle of events for the covered year; - literature (including book reviews and a bibliography); - selected documents (treaties, agreements, and other relevant primary documents); - and an index. Its range of features assures that the "Yearbook comprehensively covers the critical events, legislation, and issues of the past year and that users can easily access all of this information. Academics and practitioners who deal with international public law in Asia will appreciate this unique, complete resource. The "Asian "Yearbook of International Law provides insight into Asian views and practices, especially for non-Asian readers, and also promotes the dissemination of knowledge of international law in Asia. Some of the topics covered in this volume: the right to legal assistance, recent developments in Asian investment treaty expropriation clauses, the law and practice of India on effectuation of international law in the municipal order, and China's ratification of the1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1995-06-28
Dewey code: 341.7677
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Review The Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage:An Emerging Objective of the Contemporary Law of the Sea (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 23) (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 23) / Springer:The marine environment is almost ideal for the preservation of artefacts and, until relatively recently, it also provided complete protection from destruction by man. However, the aqualung has made most shallow underwater sites accessible, leading to widespread plundering. Current deep-sea bed technology now threatens deep water sites. There is a need for immediate international action to preserve the man-made environment, alongside the natural one. The enunciation of legal rules to protect the underwater cultural heritage is a complex issue, involving a matrix of interests and laws, both international and national. Two core issues are jurisdiction and ownership. The ownership question can be complex. The legal status of historic shipwrecks and their cargoes is a tangle of wreck, salvage and inheritance law, differing from one national legal system to another. There are no international policies on the ownership of cultural property, which is left open to domestic legislation. But the matter is sufficiently important to warrant an effective, international protection scheme. [+]The text examines the inadequacies of the traditional regime and the contours of an emerging body of international and (mostly European) regional law.
Creator: Directorate of Human Council of Europe
Publication date: 1976-03-01
Dewey code: 323
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Review Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights/annuaire De La Convention Europeenne Des Droits De L'homme1974 (Yearbook of the European Convention ... of the European Convention on Human Rights) / Kluwer Law International:This volume of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights, prepared by the Directorate of Human Rights of the Council of Europe, relates to 2003. Part one contains information on the Convention. Part two deals with the control mechanism of the European Convention on Human Rights: selected judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and human rights (DH) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers; part three groups together the other work of the Council of Europe in the field of human rights, and includes the work of the Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Directorate General of Human Rights; part four is devoted to information on national legislation and extracts from national judicial decisions concerning rights protected by the Convention. Appendix A contains a bibliography on the Convention, and Appendix B the biographies of the new judges elected to the European Court of Human Rights.
Authors
- UNESCO
- World Intellectual Property or
- United Nations Educational Scientific an
Dewey code: 346
Price: $325.00
Review Copyright Laws and Treaties of the World 26th Supplement / BNA Books:
Creator: Donat Pharand
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-10-27
Dewey code: 341.448
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Review The Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone - Le Plateau Continental et la Zone Economique Exclusive:Delimitation and Legal Regime - Delimitation ... (Publications on Ocean Development, V. 19) / Springer:This volume focuses on both the general aspects of two of the most typical institutions introduced by the new Law of the Sea and the specific aspects related to the geographic and economic circumstances of Italy and Canada. It is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the delimitation of maritime boundaries, especially with respect to the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone. The problem is approached from both a theoretical and a practical point of view, in particular, in analyzing not only the more well-known controversies in delimitation solved by international agreements or by international courts, but also still unsettled disputes in which Italy and Canada are involved. The second part deals with the legal regime of the continental shelf and the exclusive zone and the activities - in particular exploration and exploitation - carried out in them. The same approach as in Part One is used in juxtaposing Italian and Canadian views on relative regulation. The volume brings together the diverse legal experience of the two countries - Italy and Canada resulting from the different geographic, political and economic conditions found in each. It is enough to think that Italy is surrounded on three sides by a closed or semiclosed sea, the Mediterranean, while Canada borders on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. The volume was financed by the Italian National Research Council (CNR).
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1990-05-18
Dewey code: 341.448
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Review The Regime of Islands in International Law (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 15) (Publications on Ocean Development, Vol 15) / Springer:
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