This book examines the influence of international organizations (IOs) since the First World War, and explores how they have acted on behalf of - and instead of - states in the international arena. The International Labour Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank are examined in-depth.</d
Multilateral Treaty-Making: The Current Status of Challenges to and Reforms Needed in the International Legislative Process
✍ Scribed by Vera Gowlland-Debbas (auth.), Vera Gowlland-Debbas (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 145
- Series
- Nijhoff Law Specials
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introductory Remarks....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Responding to New Needs through Codification and Progressive Development....Pages 13-23
Some Reflections on the Relationship of Treaties and Soft Law....Pages 25-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Participation of Non-Governmental Entities in Treaty-Making: the Case of Conventional Weapons....Pages 41-44
Multinational Enterprises and Treaty-Making — A Contribution to the Discussion on Non-State Actors and the “Subjects” of International Law....Pages 45-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The International Treaty-Making Process: Paradise Lost, or Humpty Dumpty?....Pages 75-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
How Distinctive Are Treaties Representing Collective Interest? The Case of Human Rights Treaties....Pages 83-87
Multilateral Environmental Treaty-Making....Pages 89-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Implementing Treaties in Domestic Law: from “Pacta Sunt Servanda” to “Anything Goes”?....Pages 111-128
The ILO’s Standard-Setting Action: International Legislation or Treaty Law?....Pages 129-135
Concluding Remarks....Pages 137-142
Back Matter....Pages 143-147
✦ Subjects
Civil Procedure Law
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