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Dichotomy between state and organization; conflicts among international, national and EEC law.

Since antiquity philosophers have debated the necessity of group differences and violent conflict. Analyzing the tensions in Sigmund Freud's modern contribution to this discussion reveals a symptomatic crisis in the history of his thought. Although most of his oeuvre commits Freud to a view that group differences are hereditary and biologically insuperable, his last published work, Moses and Monotheism (1938), for the purpose of saving the law of the father, elaborates a theory of group differences based on formal kinship rules.

The treaties negotiated between the Soviet Republics and the Western and Oriental nations are numerous and varied. The official records of the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs make a distinction between political treaties, agreements on questions of law, conventions regarding disputed frontiers, economic agreements, liaison, transportation and public health agreements.

This book addresses the legal issues raised by the interaction between human rights and development in contemporary international law. In particular, it charts the parameters of international law that states have to take into account in order to protect human rights in the process of development. In doing so, it departs from traditional analyses, where human rights are mainly considered as a political dimension of development. Rather, the book suggests focusing on human rights as a system of international norms establishing minimum standards of protection of individuals and minimum standards applicable in all circumstances on what is essential for a dignified existence. The various dimensions covered in the book include: the discourse on human rights and development interrelationship, particularly opinio juris and the practice of states on the question; the notion of international assistance and cooperation in human rights law, under legal regimes such as international humanitarian law, and emerging rules in the area of protection of persons in the event of disasters; the extraterritorial scope of economic, social and cultural rights treaties; and legal principles on the respect for human rights in externally designed and planned development activities. Analysis of these topics sheds light on the question of whether international law as it stands today addresses most of the issues concerning the protection of human rights in the development process.--