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There is every indication that the international system is undergoing a period of significant transformation. The substantially higher growth rates of the emerging-market economies in comparison with those of the developed economies are changing the global distribution of power. Studies project that if economic trends are not reversed in the coming years, China will surpass the US and become the world's largest economy, India will emerge in Japan's place as the third-largest economy and Brazil will outpace Germany as the fifth-largest. This book underscores the complexity of forecasting international politics and proceeds cautiously to investigate the questions of change and continuity, examining several actors with respect to multiple issues and across different levels of analysis. Taken as a whole, this collection of essays offers a series of snapshots of different aspects, and from varying angles, of an international system in motion

Since the end of the Cold War the relationship between the internal constitution of a state and its international behaviour has been a subject of much scholarly interest. Assuming that this connection matters the author analyses the transformation from the USSR to the Russian Federation. Does a liberal Russia behave better than the non-liberal USSR? Are Russia's attitudes towards international law different than those of the former USSR? How much continuity is there and how much change has occurred in the scholarship of international law in Russia? How are Russia's treaties made and implemented? What is the role of international law in the Russian legal system? The author shows that international human rights played an important role in the Soviet perestroika and in the subsequent reforms in the Russian Federation. She argues that at the surface level the transformation in Russia has been remarkable, notably so with regard to the role of international law in the domestic legal system. Drawing from a wide range of materials - Soviet/Russian history, legislation, court cases and doctrinal writings - the book takes a cultural and historical perspective to analysis of legal change

International judicial assistance, which is reasonably well settled in criminal law, is still finding its way in civil matters. Here is a very useful survey of problems in this area, describing how they are being handled in various jurisdictions worldwide. The authors examine service of process abroad, obtaining evidence in crossborder litigation, the impact of sovereign immunity, the application of international conventions, and preferred forms of dispute resolution. Contributors include practitioners from both civil law and common law jurisdictions. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint

This article addresses the empirical puzzle as to why some formerly deeply embedded international norms either incrementally or rapidly lose their prescriptive status and, in the extreme, can even cease to exist. Why is it that some norms are replaced while others simply disappear? The IR literature has rich explanations for norm creation, diffusion and socialization, yet there is a theoretical and empirical gap on both the dynamics and scope conditions for the degeneration of international norms. Thus, we develop hypotheses on processes and outcomes of norm disappearances that are tested with a series of qualitative studies. Norm degenerations require the presence of actors who challenge the norm and the absence of central enforcement authorities or individual states that are willing and capable of punishing norm violations. Moreover, our study shows that norms are likely to be abolished swiftly if the environment is unstable and rapidly changing and if norms are highly precise. In contrast, norms are likely to become incrementally degenerated if the environment is relatively stable and if norms are imprecise. Both processes lead to norm substitutions, provided that competing norms are present. If rival norms are absent, norms simply disappear without being replaced. [Reprinted by permission; copyright Sage Publications Ltd. & ECPR-European Consortium for Political Research.]

Part I -- World Politics: The Changing Context of Humanitarian Action: Key Challenges and Issues by Cristina Churruca-Muguruza -- Humanitarian Action in International Relations: Power and Politics by Anna Khakee -- World Politics and Humanitarian Action: Mutual Influences by Marie-Josée Domestici-Met -- The Changing Nature of Conflict -- The Need for a Conflict Sensitive Approach by Sulagna Maitra -- Humanitarian Aid Governance in World Politics by Uwe Andersen and Katharina Behmer -- Principles and Professionalism: Towards Humanitarian Intelligence by Andrej Zwitter -- Part II -- International Law: Public International Law by Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza -- International Human Rights Law by Joana Abrisketa -- International Humanitarian Law by Renata Vaišvilienė -- International Criminal Law by Pierre Thielbörger -- Disaster Law by Ronan McDermott -- Protection of Refugees and Minorities by Hans-Joachim Heintze and Charlotte Lülf -- Part III -- Public Health in Humanitarian Action: Approaches and Challenges: Basic Concepts and Current Challenges of Public Health in Humanitarian Action by Siri Tellier, Andreas Kiaby, Lars Peter Nissen, Jonas Torp, Wilma Doedens, Kevin Davies, Dan Brun Petersen, Vibeke Brix and Niall Roche -- Part IV -- Anthropology: Anthropology and Humanitarianism? by Ulrika Persson-Fischier -- Anthropological Perspectives by Odina Benoist -- Armed Conflicts and Humanitarian Crises: Insights from the Anthropology of War by Kristina Roepstorff -- Forced Migration and Refugee Settings from an Anthropological Perspective by Relinde Reiffers -- An Anthropological Perspective on the Timeline of Humanitarian Interventions by Juan Carlos Gumucio-Castellon -- Part V -- Management: Managing Humanitarian Action -- An Introduction by Pat Gibbons -- The Basics of Managing Emergencies by Markus Moke and Thomas Pfeiffer -- Project Management by Sabrina Herold and Bartjan W. Pennink -- Humanitarian Logistics by Gildas Vourc'h -- Security Management in Humanitarian Organisations by Bob Ghosn -- Human Resource Management in the Humanitarian Sector by Sophie Borel -- Financial Management by Philip Byrne.

Wenn man die Doktrinen, welche die Internationale in der Schweiz gefördert und entwickelt hat, überblicken und würdigen will, muss man sich der besonderen Schwierigkeiten dieses Unterfangens bewusst sein, Schwierigkeiten der Grenzziehung, der Bewertung und der Auswahl. Eine verwirrende Fülle von Lehrmeinungen begegnet uns. Es gibt keine zuverlässigen Kriterien, nach denen sie sich in wichtig und unwichtig scheiden lassen, oder nach denen eine über alle Zweifel erhabene zeitliche Grenze zu ziehen wäre. Die Beschränkung auf zwei führende Doktrinäre oder Schulen, auf Johann Philipp Becker und die Jurassier, hat mehr den Sinn einer typologischen Auslese als den einer Bewertung. Becker erscheint nicht etwa als Chefideologe der Internationale, sondern als typisch für den Gegensatz zur jurassischen Schule, als der repräsentativste Vertreter der Anliegen des Londoner Generalrats, als ein Mann, der sich in dessen Gedankenwelt am intensivsten eingelebt, und der kraft seiner schriftstellerischen und brieflichen Tätigkeit einen überdurchschnittlich grossen Einfluss auf die Schweizer Sektionen der Internationale ausgeübt hat. Als Vertreter einer "Dritten Kraft", die so stark ist, dass die Internationale gezwungen ist, unablässig mit ihr Kompromisse einzugehen, wäre die altere Generation zu betrachten, ein Bürkli und Coullery. Sie bleiben aber unberücksichtigt, weil sie – im Gegensatz zu Becker – ihrer "vor-internationalen" Gedankenwelt treu bleiben. Uebergangen wird auch die jüngere Generation, etwa ein Hermann Greulich. Obschon sich die Ansütze zu einem eigenen Lehrgebäude schon in den Siebzigerjahren recht deutlich zeigen, so reift doch seine Doktrin als Ganzes erst in einer späteren Zeit aus und gehört darum nicht mehr in den Zeitraum der Ersten Internationale.

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