Law and practice of the United Nations : documents and commentary / Simon Chesterman, Ian Johnstone, David M. Malone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chesterman, Simon, author.

Johnstone, Ian, author.

Malone, David M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations.

International agencies.

International organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (793 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book combines primary materials with expert commentary, demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organisation, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay by the authors that describes how the documents that follow illustrate a set of legal, institutional, and political issues relevant to the practice of diplomacy and the development of public international law through the United Nations. This second edition updates the materials in the first edition and introduces new features that reflect a changing global landscape.

Contents:

2.1 Iraq, 1990-1991 2.2 Kosovo, 1999; 2.3 Libya, 2011-2012 ; 2.4 Syria, 2012-2014 ; 2.5 Ukraine ; Further Reading ; Chapter 3: Hard Choices ; 3.1 Development Goals ; 3.2 Sri Lanka ; Further Reading ; Part Two Capacity ; Chapter 4: Legal Status ; 4.1 Legal Personality ; 4.2 Who Interprets the Charter?; 4.3 Quasi-judicial Action by the Security Council; 4.4 Special Courts and Tribunals ; 4.5 Lawmaking by the Security Council ; 4.6 Lawmaking by the General Assembly ; 4.7 Lawmaking by the Specialized Agencies; 4.8 Lawmaking through Operational Activities ; Further Reading

Chapter 5: The Secretary-General and the Secretariat 5.1 Secretary or General?; 5.2 Appointment ; 5.3 Article 99 Power; 5.4 Independence of the Secretary-General and the Secretariat ; Further Reading ; Chapter 6: Membership ; 6.1 Admission; 6.2 Succession (I): The Soviet Union ; 6.3 Succession (II): The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ; 6.4 Credentials ; Further Reading ; Chapter 7: Structure, Financing, and Administration ; 7.1 The Legal Framework ; 7.2 The Regular Budget ; 7.3 Assessment of Contributions ; 7.4 The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)

7.5 Financial Challenges and Alternatives 7.6 Mobility of Staff ; Further Reading ; Part Three Practice ; Chapter 8: Counterterrorism and NuclearNonproliferation; 8.1 Defining Terrorism ; 8.2 The General Assembly's CountertrrorismStrategy ; 8.3 Security Council Sanctions and Quasi-legislation ; 8.4 Military Action against Terrorism ; 8.5 The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime ; 8.6 Nonproliferation and Iraq ; 8.7 Nonproliferation, Iran, and North Korea ; 8.8 The Future of Nonproliferation ; Further Reading ; Chapter 9: Peace Operations ; 9.1 The UN Charter Framework

9.2 Traditional Peacekeeping 9.3 Multidimensional Peacekeeping; 9.4 Robust Peacekeeping ; 9.5 International Transitional Administrations ; 9.6 Political Missions ; 9.7 Contemporary Peace Operations Doctrine ; 9.8 Contemporary Challenges ; Protection of Civilians ; The Threat of Violent Extremism ; Gender and Peace Operations ; Dilemmas of State-Building ; Further Reading ; Chapter 10: Sanctions ; 10.1 Sanctions during the Cold War; 10.2 Comprehensive Sanctions: Iraq ; 10.3 Sanctions as Leverage ; 10.4 Targeted Financial Sanctions ; Further Reading ; Chapter 11: Sustainable Development

11.1 The Right to Development

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-049325-9

0-19-939951-4

0-19-939950-6