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International lawyers usually disregard the vital functions that general principles of law may play in the decisions of international courts and tribunals. This volume examines the role that general principles of law have played in the decisions of international criminal courts and tribunals

Knowledge of the threats posed to the oceans by human activity has expanded beyond marine pollution to encompass recognition of the risks posed to vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) by overfishing, destructive fisheries practices, and invasive exploitation of living and nonliving marine resources. However, with the still-developing state of marine scientific research, the majority of activities at sea continue to occur with limited knowledge of their impacts on the marine environment. In this climate of uncertainty, environmental assessment assumes heightened importance. While governance structures will generally exist to facilitate environmental assessment in marine areas within national jurisdiction, these structures are still developing for marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ).

The chapter aims to investigate whether the EU serves as a model for other international organizations or whether it does not really fit that mould, and concludes that it does both simultaneously. The EU is an organization unlike any other, but has in important respects paved the way for others - not only by its particular structure and concrete activities, but also, and perhaps most importantly, on the epistemological level: it was the EU which was largely responsible for stimulating the possibility for international organizations to not only affect their member states, as traditionally supposed, but to directly reach individuals within those member states. ; Peer reviewed

AbstractThe article provides an overview of the work of the International Law Commission at its Fiftieth Session (1998). The topics covered are International Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising from Acts Not Prohibited by International Law, State Responsibility, Reservations to Treaties, Nationality in Relation to the Succession of States, Diplomatic Protection and, finally, Unilateral Acts of States.

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