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The Changing International Law of High Seas Fisheries docx

The Changing International Law of High Seas Fisheries docx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20
... Article 62 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea, see Burke, The New International Law, at 62± 68; and E. D. Brown, The International Law of the Sea, Vol. I, at 222±224. 52 Treaty for the Preservation ... changing international law of high seas ®sheries The Changing International Law of High Seas Fisheries This book examines the international law of high seas ®sheries in the light of the negotiations ... concerned. 2introduction 2 The in¯uence of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in the new regime of high seas ®sheries The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea made a...
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Tài liệu Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law docx

Tài liệu Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law docx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 05:20
... between the origins of international law and the colonial encounter in these, the first teachings on international law? Further, what does an examination of these origins suggest about the relationship ... law whether natural or human inevitably diminishes the power of the Pope, for these secular systems of law are administered by the sovereign rather than the Pope. Vitoria further undermines the ... from them to interfere with the peace and well-being of the aborigines, the latter nevertheless persist in their hostility and do their best to destroy the Spaniards, they can make war on the...
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Tài liệu Custom, Power and the Power of Rules International Relations and Customary International Law doc

Tài liệu Custom, Power and the Power of Rules International Relations and Customary International Law doc

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 06:20
... generate international law. Of the relevant developments within the discipline of international law, perhaps the most interesting involves the fact that a small but growing number of international lawyers ... in these areas,no international lawyer doubts that there is a body of law which applies to them. I stumbled into the quagmire of customary international law very early in my legal career, in the ... ‘influenced’ by international law, but in the great affairs of state, and in particular in relation to the use of force. There was tension between the claim of international law, as embodied in the Charter...
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Tài liệu THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES docx

Tài liệu THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES docx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 06:20
... Article 15 of the Statute of the International Law Commission defines codification as the more precise formulation and systematization of rules of international law in fields where there already ... subsequently codified in the Principles of Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgment of the Tribunal 46 as well as numerous other international instruments. 47 ... International Law, 41, 220–21 (1947). 46 See ‘Principles of Law Recognized in the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and Judgment of the Tribunal.’ Adopted by the UN International Law Commission,...
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Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law docx

Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law docx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 11:20
... of the facts at the time when the decision has to be made. The attempt to impose obligations of this kind will either end in their being nugatory or in the destruction of the League itself. The ... democracies. The historically undemocratic character of international relations and international law exacerbates the task of realizing the tenet of majority rule in international institutions. International ... Crawford, “Democracy and International Law (1994) 64 The British Yearbook of International Law 118. Democratic Accountability and the Use of Force in International Law Edited by Charlotte Ku...
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The Politics of International Law doc

The Politics of International Law doc

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 11:20
... that leave them ill-equipped to comprehend issues as funda- mental as the expanding corpus of international law, the obligatory force of that law, the way in which the weak can employ the law as ... divided the United States from the large majority of other states that voted to adopt the Rome Statute of the Court, in partic- ular the role of the Security Council, the powers of the prosecutor, the questions ... volume, p. 213. 9 The politics of international law international law. The end of the Cold War, and the attendant talk of a ‘new world order’, the triumph of liberalism, and the regulatory im- peratives...
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THE UNITED NATIONS: States vs International Laws potx

THE UNITED NATIONS: States vs International Laws potx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 11:20
... and the reasons for the US rejection of such a Court. In view of the current debates over the authenticity of the 1949 Geneva Conventions as they speak to the treatment of “prisoners of war,” the ... none of these countries have permanent status in the SC and they insist that the failure to have them under- mines the credibility of the Council as truly representative. The Use of the Veto Since ... 542. The United Nations: States vs International Laws 18 elected. The US had initially blocked the re-election of U Thant because he had opposed the US involvement in the Vietnam War. The French...
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THE IRAQ WAR AND INTERNATIONAL LAW pptx

THE IRAQ WAR AND INTERNATIONAL LAW pptx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 11:20
... more generally on the future of international law. They act as mutual counterpoints. The first of these, by Sir Nigel Rodley, reviews the state of international law following the Iraq War through ... are not just of the margins. The threats manifest themselves in the erosion of one of the central planks of modern international law namely the outlawing of aggressive war—and in the systemic ... granted in international human rights law, in the laws of war, in the law governing the use of force, in the laws of occupation, were challenged in significant ways by a number of states, either...
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THE THREAT OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW potx

THE THREAT OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW potx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20
... question of whether hostile measures short of war fell under the purview of the treaties. 76 For example, the International Law Association, in the summer of 1934, concluded in the clearest terms that: ... are well know n. The outlaw ing of force as the first pillar is one of the key dictates of international law: All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use ... carried out would be unlawful is itself unlawful. So international lawyers have tended to rest on the linkage between the two, without much further analysis – and to discount the point that responses...
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THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’ AND THE FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW doc

THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’ AND THE FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW doc

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... contents 2.2.3 Meeting the legality threshold: preliminary conclusions on customary international law? 40 2.3 Filling the gap? Terrorism and other international legal norms 41 2.4 Conclusion 44 3International ... relating to the fight against terrorism 58 3.2 Responsibility of non-state actors in international law 61 3.2.1 Criminal law 62 3.2.2 International humanitarian law 63 3.2.3 Human rights law? 64 3.3 ... Court of Justice ICJ Reports Reports of the International Court of Justice ICLQ International and Comparative Law Quarterly ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC Commentary to AP I...
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS doc

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS doc

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20
... origin? Should the marriage and the family arising from it be subjected to the law of the husband or the bride, to the law of the place of celebration of the marriage or to the law of the habitual ... on the LOAC, the following helpful introduction is given to this body of public international law rules: International Humanitarian Law (IHL) can be defined as the branch of international law ... intentio). The intention of the belligerent and the aims of the war had to remain linked to the just cause throughout the period of conflict: the purpose of the conflict had to remain, during the entire...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW potx

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW potx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20
... of law such as criminal law, contract law, and the law of torts, or spe- cific types of law, such as municipal state law, judge-made law, and customary law. 2 The philosophy of international law ... responsibility. The other contributions address problems arising in specific domains of international law, such as human rights law, international economic law, international criminal law, international ... SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 7 Theorizing the Sources of International Law 163 Samantha Besson 8 The Sources of International Law: Some Philosophical Reflections 187 David Lefkowitz SECTION V INTERNATIONAL...
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International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines docx

International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines docx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20
... President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He teaches international law as well as national public law. He has written and edited books on international law, international ... of International Law at the US Naval War College. Rüdiger Wolfrum is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and Professor at the Law Faculty of the ... the UK Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict. Fania Domb is a Senior Lecturer in Public International Law, Administrative Law and the Law of Human Rights at the Law School of the Netanya Academic...
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The Harvard Research in International Law: Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal pot

The Harvard Research in International Law: Contemporary Analysis and Appraisal pot

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 10:21
... its drafting. One of the core documents before the first meeting of the ILC was the Survey of International Law in Relation to the Work of Codifica- tion of the International Law Commission, 200 ... Professor of Law at the Sussex Law School, University of Sussex where he teaches Public International Law and International Criminal Law. He is the author of The Protection ... "became the basis for the provi- sions proposed by the International Law Commission of the United Nations for inclusion in a general convention on the law of the high seas."' 146...
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THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW doc

THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW doc

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 10:21
... was a conference for the protection of helpless sovereign states against the wicked refugee. The draft Convention had at times been in danger of appearing to the refugee like the menu at an expensive ... of Germany/Netherlands), [1969] ICJ Rep 3; 41 ILR 29 66 Northern Cameroons Case, [1963] ICJ Rep 15; 35 ILR 353 60 Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, ... 33 June 26 Statute of the International Court of Justice (961 UNTS 183) 15 1946 Oct. 15 Agreement relating to the Issue of Travel Documents to Refugees who are the Concern of the Intergovernmental...
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