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The impact of international interactions on the level and allocation of a nation's expenditures for police protection and law enforcement are discussed: A model is developed and used to analyze various types of international interactions such as crime spillovers from one nation to another, effective police action in one country against a crime organization active in a number of countries, and the assistance that one country offers another in the securing of information and evidence. The impacts of these interactions are then evaluated in terms of the concept of Pareto-optimality. International cooperation through police and legal institutions is discussed as a way of narrowing the gap between actual and optimal expenditures, and an international body is proposed to deal with criteria, coordination, and compensation for international discovery orders. In the final section the results of a number of studies are presented that suggest the importance of interjurisdictional interactions and cooperation. These results are used to evaluate the possible impacts of international interactions in crime, police protection and law enforcement.

In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted the ground-breaking Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) placing women at the centre of the agenda, thanks to years of campaigning. The Resolution recognises the differential impact of armed conflict on women and men, draws attention to the 'inextricable links between gender equality and international peace and security' and stresses the 'important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace-building'. But what exactly is the WPS agenda and what is its content? What are its implications for peace and for security? And what does it mean for international lawyers? Through the narratives of women's activism and of international law this book seeks to make the WPS agenda better known to international lawyers and to ask whether it is, or could become, an international legal regime that conforms and responds to the realities of women's lives.

Hauptbeschreibung Mit dem Abschluss von Internationalen Rahmenvereinbarungen verpflichten sich Unternehmen, Arbeitnehmerrechte weltweit zu gewährleisten. Doch wie sieht die Umsetzung in der Praxis aus? Werden die Versprechen eingehalten und welche Faktoren sind für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung notwendig? Anhand ihrer Untersuchung deutscher Unternehmen der Automobilindustrie in Mexiko zeigt Siglinde Hessler auf, dass vor allem die internationale Vernetzung von Akteuren und die erfolgreiche Mobilisierung öffentlicher Erwartungen entscheidend sind. Inhaltsverzeichnis

Since World War II, remarkable progress has been made toward establishing more effective international laws and organizations to reduce opportunities for confrontation and conflict, and to enhance the pursuit of security and well-being. This book offers a detailed record of that progress, as well as its meaning for our times and those ahead. Taking a historical, theoretical, and case-study approach, John Gibson provides the reader with a broad understanding of how international organizations evolved to serve the interests of their member states, how the constitutional charters of organizations