Constructing the powers of international institutions [electronic resource] / by Viljam Engström.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engström, Viljam, 1973-

Series:

Erik Castrén Institute monographs on international law and human rights ; v. 14.

Erik Castrén Institute monographs on international law and human rights, 1568-2765 ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies.

International law.

Implied powers (Constitutional law).

Sovereignty.

Power (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The scope of powers of international institutions has always been surrounded by a sense of ambiguity. This has its source in the nature of the two main legal tools with which to construct powers; the doctrines of attributed/conferred powers and implied powers. This book illustrates the function of the two doctrines in a discourse on powers. Special attention is also paid to the move to a constitutional vocabulary as a way of transcending the dichotomy at the heart of diverging constructions of powers. Constitutionalization claims, the book argues, can be reproductions of different images of the proper extent of powers. The book is a reminder of the political nature of any construction of powers of international institutions.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introducing the Question of Powers

Powers as a Way of Imaging Organizations

Powers – A Debate Between Familiar Adversaries

On the Inherent Ambiguity of Powers Claims

Structuring the Question of Powers

Constitutionalism as a Framework for Debating Powers

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-68816-5

9786613665102

90-04-22031-3

OCLC:

795120520

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004220317 DOI