The power and purpose of international law : insights from the theory and practice of enforcement / Mary Ellen O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, Mary Ellen, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (741 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The world is going through another important transition. International institutions have unquestionably been weakened as the United States works to sort through complicated issues such as the Afghan and Iraq wars, the use of torture and secret detention, Guantanamo, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. In recent memory, top Bush Administration advisers have spoken and written about the powerlessness of international law and its irrelevance-or worse-for the United States. The worldwide public needs and deserves a more accurate account. In The Power and Purpose of International Law, Mary E

Contents:

Classical enforcement theory

Compliance theory

New classical enforcement theory

Unilateral armed measures

Collective armed measures

Unilateral countermeasures

Collective countermeasures

International court enforcement

National court enforcement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-987110-8

1-282-73091-6

9786612730917

0-19-970919-X

OCLC:

405596416