Law and practice of the United Nations : documents and commentary / Simon Chesterman, Ian Johnstone, David M. Malone.
Chesterman, Simon, author.; Johnstone, Ian, 1960- author.; Malone, David, 1954- author.; Franck, Thomas M., dedicatee.
2016
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Author
Chesterman, Simon, author.
Title
Law and practice of the United Nations : documents and commentary / Simon Chesterman, Ian Johnstone, David M. Malone.
Published
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Call Number
KZ4986 .C54 2016
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780199399482 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0199399484 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780199399499 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0199399492
9780199399499
Description
xliii, 741 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)916685069
Note
"In memory of Professor Thomas M. Franck."
"The first edition of this book appeared in 2008, based heavily on the material underpinning the New York University School of Law seminar class "UN Constitutional Law", taught for half a century by the late, great Thomas M. Franck."--Preface.
First edition co-authored by Thomas M. Franck.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Johnstone, Ian, 1960- author.
Malone, David, 1954- author.
Franck, Thomas M., dedicatee.
Preface to the Second Edition
xv
Acknowledgments
xxi
List of Abbreviations
xxiii
About the Authors
xxix
Introduction
xxxi
Is the UN Charter a Constitution?
xxxiii
Note on Sources
xliii
United Nations System Chart
xliv
Part One Relevance
ch. 1
UN Charter
3
1.1.
Overview of the Charter
4
1.2.
Cold War and Decolonization (1946-1989)
15
1.3.
New Interventionism (1990-2000)
17
1.4.
Security and Development... and Terrorism (2000[—])
23
Further Reading
31
ch. 2
Hard Cases
33
2.1.
Iraq, 1990-1991
35
2.2.
Kosovo, 1999
44
2.3.
Libya, 2011-2012
50
2.4.
Syria, 2012-2014
56
2.5.
Ukraine
66
Further Reading
67
ch. 3
Hard Choices
69
3.1.
Development Goals
69
3.2.
Sri Lanka
94
Further Reading
110
Part Two Capacity
ch. 4
Legal Status
113
4.1.
Legal Personality
115
4.2.
Who Interprets the Charter?
125
4.3.
Quasi-judicial Action by the Security Council
138
4.4.
Special Courts and Tribunals
140
4.5.
Lawmaking by the Security Council
144
4.6.
Lawmaking by the General Assembly
151
4.7.
Lawmaking by the Specialized Agencies
155
4.8.
Lawmaking through Operational Activities
159
Further Reading
162
ch. 5
Secretary-General and the Secretariat
163
5.1.
Secretary or General?
164
5.2.
Appointment
167
5.3.
Article 99 Powers
172
5.4.
Independence of the Secretary-General and the Secretariat
179
Further Reading
193
ch. 6
Membership
195
6.1.
Admission
196
6.2.
Succession (I): The Soviet Union
213
6.3.
Succession (II): The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
216
6.4.
Credentials
225
Further Reading
232
ch. 7
Structure, Financing, and Administration
233
7.1.
Legal Framework
236
7.2.
Regular Budget
251
7.3.
Assessment of Contributions
259
7.4.
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ)
266
7.5.
Financial Challenges and Alternatives
267
7.6.
Mobility of Staff
270
Further Reading
277
Part Three Practice
ch. 8
Counterterrorism and Nuclear Nonproliferation
281
8.1.
Defining Terrorism
282
8.2.
General Assembly's Countertrrorism Strategy
284
8.3.
Security Council Sanctions and Quasilegislation
288
8.4.
Military Action against Terrorism
293
8.5.
Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
297
8.6.
Nonproliferation and Iraq
301
8.7.
Nonproliferation, Iran, and North Korea
307
8.8.
Future of Nonproliferation
311
Further Reading
315
ch. 9
Peace Operations
317
9.1.
UN Charter Framework
319
9.2.
Traditional Peacekeeping
320
9.3.
Multidimensional Peacekeeping
328
9.4.
Robust Peacekeeping
333
9.5.
International Transitional Administrations
343
9.6.
Political Missions
345
9.7.
Contemporary Peace Operations Doctrine
348
9.8.
Contemporary Challenges
357
Protection of Civilians
358
Threat of Violent Extremism
359
Gender and Peace Operations
361
Dilemmas of State-Building
363
Further Reading
366
ch. 10
Sanctions
369
10.1.
Sanctions during the Cold War
371
10.2.
Comprehensive Sanctions: Iraq
375
10.3.
Sanctions as Leverage
380
10.4.
Targeted Financial Sanctions
386
Further Reading
397
ch. 11
Sustainable Development
399
11.1.
Right to Development
402
11.2.
Sustainable Development
408
Further Reading
433
ch. 12
Self-Determination and Democracy Promotion
435
12.1.
Self-Determination as a Right
437
12.2.
Western Sahara
441
12.3.
East Timor, 1999-2002
446
12.4.
Kosovo
450
12.5.
Normative Developments
455
12.6.
Operational Activities
462
Electoral Assistance
462
Development and Good Governance
465
Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
469
"Pro-democratic Intervention"
472
Further Reading
475
ch. 13
Human Rights
477
13.1.
Sovereignty and Human Rights
479
13.2.
Human Rights Council
490
13.3.
Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
503
13.4.
Is the United Nations Bound by Its Own Human Rights Norms?
507
Further Reading
513
ch. 14
Rule of Law and Transitional Justice
515
14.1.
Rule of Law and Development
517
14.2.
Transitional Justice
524
14.3.
Rule of Law, International Peace, and Security
536
Further Reading
552
Part Four Accountability
ch. 15
Immunity and Responsibility
555
15.1.
Privileges and Immunities
557
15.2.
Responsibility of International Organizations
574
Further Reading
590
ch. 16
Accountability in Practice
591
16.1.
Sri Lanka
592
16.2.
Rwanda
599
16.3.
Srebrenica
606
16.4.
Kosovo
609
16.5.
Sexual Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers
611
16.6.
Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme Inquiry
618
Further Reading
625
ch. 17
Reform
627
17.1.
Visions of Order
628
17.2.
Individual Rights at the United Nations
636
17.3.
How the United Nations Approaches Conflict
640
17.4.
Charter
642
17.5.
Institutions: The Security Council
644
17.6.
Procedures: The Veto
650
17.7.
Political Will: Interdependence of Threats
652
17.8.
Security and Justice
658
Further Reading
660
Appendices
663
Appendix A
Charter of the United Nations
665
Appendix B
Statute of the International Court of Justice
689
Index
701

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