Reform of International Institution

towards a Commonwealth Agenda

Elaborated by Commonwealth Secretariat. In today's world, responses to global challenges can only be achieved by collective debate and action. A coordinated response is required to achieve satisfactory and sustainable outcomes, however, international institutions are no longer placed to support an adequate response to ...

Convenios de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo ratificados por España

Ed. José Manuel Olivar. España es el país que más convenios de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo ha ratificado, con un total de 130 hasta la fecha. Con la lectura de este compendio podremos hacer un repaso a la historia reciente de las conquistas sociales ...

Humanitarian intervention

confronting the contradictions

If a state carries out or sanctions atrocities on a mass scale within its borders, is there an international right, or even duty, to intervene in support of the victims? Or does this notion undermine state sovereignty at the expense of weaker states? These are ...

Los juegos olímpicos

la elección de la sede y otras cuestiones jurídicas

Las grandes competiciones deportivas tienen dos elementos en común que, en mi opinión, constituyen un punto de partida muy interesante para acometer el análisis de las cuestiones jurídicas que se plantean con ocasión de su celebración. Me refiero, por un lado, a que la titularidad ...

Human dignity and the foundations of international Law

International lawyers have often been interested in the link between their discipline and the foundational issues of jurisprudential method, but little that is systematic has been written on this subject. In this book, an attempt is made to fill this gap by focusing on issues ...

The Courts of Genocide

politics and the rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha

"The Courts of Genocide" focuses on the judicial response to the genocide in Rwanda in order to address the search for justice following mass atrocities. The central concern of the book is how the politics of justice can get in the way of its administration ...

El banco europeo de reconstrucción y desarrollo

El Banco Europeo de Reconstrucción y Desarrollo fue la primera #y a la postre, única- organización internacional creada con el propósito explícito de corporeizar el nuevo orden político y económico que surgía en Europa después de 1989 , es decir, una nueva relación Este-Oeste que sustituía ...

Soberanía, la OMC y los fundamentos cambiantes del Derecho internacional

El contenido de este libro y su difusión editorial es especialmente pertinente en el momento actual debido a los importantes y nuevos retos, problemas y dificultades que el mundo de hoy debe afrontar. Algunas de las particularidades de la crisis actual son tratadas en el ...

Justice ou injustice internationale?

Pourquoi cette question alors qu'on assiste au développement de la justice internationale : tribunaux créés par, ou sous égide des Nations Unies, Cour pénale internationale, compétence universelle,... ? Parce que les Etats puissants continuent à bénéficier d'une quasi- totale impunité et qu'on assiste parallèlement ...

International relations

a european perspective

Foreword by R.O. Keohane. "International Relations: A European Perspective" presents the main schools of international relations while underlining the added value of the European approach. Contrary to US or East Asian perspectives, a European viewpoint adopts a critical approach to traditional cleavages. The author ...

Fifty key thinkers in International Relations

Now in its second edition, "Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations" has been thoroughly updated with several new entries and a new preface to reflect the latest developments. There are new sections on Constructivism, International Political Theory, and English School, as well as a range ...

Los acuerdos internacionales de la Unión Europea en el tercer pilar

La UE está celebrando acuerdos internacionales con terceros estados en el ámbito del llamado tercer pilar (cooperación policial y judicial en materia penal). tales acuerdos plantean una rica problemática, que empieza por determinar si, en efecto, la ue goza de un treatymaking power y la ...

Lengthening the arm of the Law

enhancing police resources in the Twenty-First Century

Relentless fiscal pressures faced by the public police over the last few decades have meant that police organisations have had to find new ways to obtain and harness the resources needed to achieve their goals. Through entering into relationships of coercion, commercial exchange, and gift ...

Los retos de América Latina en un mundo en cambio

From colony to superpower

U.S. Foreign relations since 1776

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi- volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only ...

Global horizons

an introduction to international relations

CONTENTS: List of Figures and Tables Preface Introduction The Dawn of the Global Event Horizon Pt. I International Security 1 Tools of the Trade (1): Understanding War and Peace from Three Perspectives 2 Tools of the Trade (2): Game Theory 3 World War I 4 ...

Diálogo social y acuerdos trasnfronterizos

¿un marco global emergente de relaciones industriales?

Ed. Konstantinos Papadakis. La presente obra constituye la primera visión de conjunto amplia de los Acuerdos Marcos Internacionales (AMI). Abarca los 62 AMI que existían a finales de 2007 (comparada con la cifra de prácticamente cero a principios de la década de 1990 y de ...

Iberoamérica 2020

retos ante la crisis

Ed., Felipe González. Los temas de los siete capítulos en los que se enmarcan las aportaciones de este libro, más la calidad de los autores, nos permiten hacer un repaso sobre las reformas necesarias en la región para enfrentar la crisis, ir más allá de ...

Diplomatic theory of international relations

Diplomacy does not take place simply between states but wherever people live in different groups. Paul Sharp argues that the demand for diplomacy, and the need for the insights of diplomatic theory, are on the rise. In contrast to conventional texts which use international relations ...

The law market

When individuals, businesses, or corporations are dissatisfied with an existing law, there are typically two ways it can be fixed: by rewriting the law via political mechanisms or simply physically relocating to a more favorable jurisdiction. Both can be costly and time-consuming. This book explores ...