Charter of the United Nations: Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents

✍ Scribed by Ian Shapiro (editor); Joseph Lampert (editor)

Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 275
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This volume contains the full text of the United Nations Charter and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as well as related historical documents. They are accompanied by ten original essays on the Charter and its legacy by distinguished scholars and former high-level UN officials. The commentaries illuminate the early and ongoing roles of the United Nations in responding to international crises, debates about the UN’s architecture and its reform, and its role in global governance, climate change, peacekeeping, and development. A concise and accessible introduction to the UN for students, this collection also offers important new scholarship that will be of interest to experts.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Documents
Part I. The United Nations Charter: Structure, Origins, And Institutional Change
1. The UN Charter: A Global Constitution?
2. Lost In Transition? The League Of Nations And The United Nations
3. Has The UN Lived Up To Its Charter?
4. Change And The United Nations Charter
Part II. Early Impact And State Formation
5. The United Nations And The Emergence Of Independent India
6. Palestine And Israel At The United Nations: Partition, Recognition, And Membership
7. Namibian Independence: A UN Success Story
Part III. The United Nations In The Contemporary World
8. A History Of UN Peacekeeping
9. Fighting The Last War: The United Nations Charter In The Age Of The War On Terror
10. Science And Politics On A Warming Planet: The IPCC And The Representation Of Future Generations
List Of Contributors
Index

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