Law and other specialists from Europe, New Zealand, Japan, and Australia provide 13 chapters examining the Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) case decided by the International Court of Just
This study deals with the concept of contracts for a third-party beneficiary, which is nowadays generally accepted in Western European jurisdictions. The subject is discussed in its development throug
Hoffmeister, a member of the European Commission Legal Service and former UN Special Advisor on Cyprus, analyzes the legal ramifications behind the five versions of the Annan Plan. His particular conc
Concerned about whether appeals to universal human rights might impose western, first-world norms on cultures that did not want them, Eisgruber (Princeton U., US) and Sajó (Central European U., Hungar
Argues that acts of terrorism by a people struggling for self-determination can and should be prosecuted under the 1977 extension of the International Humanitarian Law. Considers the evolution of the
The second book by the author (the first was in 1991) on the World Bank and its affiliated agencies. Volume 2 covers the last five years of Shihata's service to the institution (as Senior Vice Presid
Mary Kristerie A. Baleva’s groundbreaking Regaining Paradise Lost: Indigenous Land Rights and Tourism uses the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as its overarching legal framework to
As specialists in criminal law, Husabø (law. U. of Bergen, Norway) and Bruce, an adviser to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, were shocked into action when the United Nations Security Council assumed
Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance offers perspectives on the legal interface between sustainable economic growth, effective marine resource management and environmental protection of the sea.
In International Investment Law and Water Resources Management, Daza-Clark offers an appraisal of indirect expropriation, including an analysis of the doctrine of police power.
In Ocean Law and Policy: Twenty Years of Development under the UNCLOS Regime, experts from fourteen countries present nineteen papers that provide insightful analyses of these wide-ranging issues that
The book envisions legal and social change in which policies and practice protect children's sense of belonging, dignify their narratives, protect their need to be authentic beings and nourish hope fo
Magnússon addresses various aspects of how states can establish the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond the 200 nautical miles allowed by international law in order to explore and exploit nat
Barth (PhD, politics, U. of Oxford, UK) aims to bridge the gap between normative political theory on multiculturalism and the empirical literature in history and international law on minority rights w
The Internal Protection Alternative in Refugee Law addresses the legal conditions under which a refugee claimant may be returned to a safe area within her country of origin.
This volume offers a critical inquiry into the ever-evolving notion of cultural heritage and the way it has been made accessible, governed, and protected by the institutional, operational, and legal s
In Peremptory Norms of International Law and Terrorism (Jus Cogens) and the Prohibition of Terrorism, Aniel de Beer evaluates the role of peremptory norms of international law or jus cogens in the fig
This edited volume presents the most up to date topics of international criminal law and discusses possible future developments of the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court.
In The Marine Environment and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, leading marine experts assess the scope, achievements, and limitations of UN SDG 14 for the conservation and sustainable u
In The Ideas and Practices of the European Union’s Structural Antidiplomacy, Steffen Bay Rasmussen offers a comprehensive analysis of the different facets of EU diplomacy, arguing that it constitutes
In Historical Title, Self-Determination and the Kashmir Question, Lone offers a fresh framework, while recognising signs of spreading terrorism in the region, to understand the rights of the Kashmiri
In Balancing Student Mobility Rights and National Higher Education Autonomy in the European Union, Alexander Hoogenboom seeks to reconcile the mobility rights of Union citizens for study purposes and
This volume brings together nine chapters that address the topic of the scale and size of companies, in both legal and economic history, in the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, and in the ninetee
The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective examines the applicability of refugee law and international human rights law in situations of
