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This book examines Russian approaches to international law from three different yet closely interconnected perspectives: history, theory, and recent state practice. The study uses comparative international law as a starting point and argues that in order to understand post-Soviet Russia's state and scholarly approaches to international law, one should take into account the history of ideas in Russia. To some extent, Russian understandings of international law differ from what is considered the mainstream in the West. One specific feature of this work is that it goes inside the language of international law as it is spoken and discussed in post-Soviet Russia, especially the scholarly literature in the Russian language, and relates this literature to the history of international law as discipline in Russia. Recent state practice such as the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia's record in the UN SC, the European Court of Human Rights, investor-state arbitration, and the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union are laid out and discussed in the context of increasingly popular 'civilizational' ideas, i.e. the claim that Russia is a unique civilization and not part of Europe understood as the West. The implications of this claim for the future of international law, its universality and regionalism are discussed. This study concludes the author's five-year work on ERC-funded grant that enabled him to attend international law conferences in Russia and other CIS countries, as well as get access to relevant sources that often cannot be so easily accessed in the West.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ethnic Claims and International Law / Wippman, David -- Part I. Ethno-Nationalism and Legal Theory -- 1. The International Law of Nationalism: Group Identity and Legal History / Berman, Nathaniel -- 2. The Institutional and Instrumental Value of Nationalism / Brilmayer, Lea -- 3. Ethnicity, Human Rights, and Self-Determination / Tesόn, Fernando R. -- 4. Ethnic Conflict and Territorial Claims: Where Do We Draw a Line? / Ratner, Steven R. -- 5. Pushing the Limits of the Liberal Peace: Ethnic Conflict and the "Ideal Polity" / Slaughter, Anne-Marie -- Part II. Institutional and Policy Responses to Ethnic Conflict -- 6. U.N. Engagement in Ethnic Conflicts / Scheffer, David J. -- 7. Mobilizing International and Regional Organizations for Managing Ethnic Conflict / Handler Chayes, Antonia / Chayes, Abram -- 8. Practical and Legal Constraints on Internal Power Sharing / Wippman, David -- 9. Limiting the Use of Force in Civil Disputes / Wedgwood, Ruth -- 10. Genocide and Ethnic Conflict / Fisler Damrosch, Lori -- 11. Temporary Protection of a Persecuted People / Platzer, Michael -- 12. Citizenship and National Identity / Orentlicher, Diane F. -- Conclusion: What Do International Lawyers Do When They Talk about Ethnic Violence and Why Does It Matter? / Farer, Tom -- Index

"By analyzing the roles and problems faced by international regimes as major players in global health governance, this book looks into the root causes of the often insufficient supply of global public goods for health and deficiencies in current global health governance. Combining several different methods of analysis and methodologies, this book sketches out the landscape of international public health governance involving a range of international actors. These include the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Biological Weapons Convention and International Human Rights Regimes. Through a novel theoretical framework that synthesizes the theory of "securitization", public goods and international regimes, the author then focuses on factors that have resulted in observed deficiencies in global health governance. Based on these examinations, the book also tries to explore feasible approaches for institutional refinement and innovations in the hope of greater effectiveness in global health governance. The book will appeal to academics and policy makers interested in global health, international relations and international law"--

chapter 1 The New Zealand Model: Targeting in an Income-Tested System -- chapter 2 Targeting Strategies in the Netherlands: Demand Management and Cost Constraint -- chapter 3 Targeting Social Provisions in Britain: Who Benefits from Allocation Formulae? -- chapter 4 Retrenchment and Progressive Targeting: The Israeli Experience -- chapter 5 Targeting Social Welfare in the United States: Personal Responsibility, Private Behavior, and Public Benefits -- chapter 6 Targeting Welfare in a -- chapter 7 From a Generous to a Stingy Welfare State? Sweden's Approach to Targeting -- chapter 8 Renegotiating Social Allocations: Choices and Issues.

A review essay on the following: Analyzing International Environmental Regimes: From Case Study to Database by Helmut Breitmeier, Oran R. Young & Michael Zurn, 2006. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; Global Environmental Assessments: Information and Influence edited by Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash & Nancy M. Dickson, 2006. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building edited by Olav Schram Stokke, & Geir Honneland, 2007. London: Routledge.

This fully updated new edition provides insight into the legal framework of international economic relations. Comprising the law of the World Trade Organization, investment law, and international monetary law, this book highlights the context of human rights, good governance, environmental protection, and development

In diesem Beitrag wird am Beispiel der UNESCO geprüft, ob der Anschein eines deutlichen Ansehensverlustes der UNO und ihrer Teilorganisationen tatsächlich zutrifft. Dazu werden zunächst Leistungen und Lage der UNO selbst dargestellt; vor diesem Hintergrund wird die Entwicklung und gegenwärtige Lage der UNESCO, der Organisation für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur, erläutert. Die enormen grundlegenden Probleme der Integration vielfältiger nationalstaatlicher und internationaler Interessen werden benannt. Als bisherige große internationale Leistungen werden aufgezählt: Alphabetisierung, Kulturdenkmalschutz, Aufbau von Bildungseinrichtungen in aller Welt, freierer Informations- und Kommunikationsfluß, Transfer von Wissenschaft und Technologie, Umweltschutz, Kampf gegen Diskriminierung, Intoleranz und Rassismus, Schutz der Menschenrechte, Verbesserung der Lage der Frauen. Insgesamt werden skeptische Beurteilungen der Arbeit der UNESCO zurückgewiesen. (HA)

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