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Makinda reviews 'Realism in International Relations and International Political Economy' by Stefano Guzzini.

The Impact of International Organizations on International Law addresses how international organizations, particularly those within the UN system, have changed the forms, contents, and effects of international law. Alvarez considers the impact on sovereigns and actions taken by the contemporary Security Council, the UN General Assembly, and UN Specialized Agencies such as the World Health Organization. He considers the diverse functions performed by adjudicators? from judges of the International Criminal Court to arbitrators within the international investment regime. This text raises fundamental questions concerning the future of international law given the challenges international organizations pose to legal positivism, to traditional conceptions of sovereignty, and to the rule of law itself.

The international financial architecture literature is concerned with a set of best principles & practices that may lower the risk of financial crises & spillover effects. The financial world has grown enormously more complicated since the end of Bretton Woods. The valuable work of several standard-setting institutions must be judged as minimum requirements for good practice, which are below the perceived needs of the leading financial centers. The paper proposes a "portal" solution, in which the two most important financial centers, the United States & the United Kingdom, set best practices on international financial standards. Since these two centers control access to international markets, & thus, are the conduit of systemic risk, they can establish both the rules for market access & the core regulatory & supervisory framework to deal with international systemic issues. The regulators of the two portals therefore play the fundamental international regulatory role. 37 References. [Copyright 2002 Sage Publications, Inc.]

Main description: Aus dem Inhalt: -- Grundlagen Internationaler Wirtschaftsbeziehungen: Zahlungsbilanzen, internationale ökonomische Verflechtungen und grundlegende Weltwirtschaftsprobleme. Ursachen des Außenhandels und internationales Tauschgleichgewicht. -- Internationale Dependenzen aus nationaler Sicht: Wechselkurs, Leistungsbilanz und Volkseinkommen. Geld-, Fiskal- und Wechselkurspolitik bei internationalen Einflüssen. Internationaler Preizusammenhang, Kaufkraftparität und Zahlungsbilanzanpassung. -- Devisenmärkte und Weltwährungsordnung: Devisenmarktgeschäfte und Wechselkursbestimmung. Währungssysteme. Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik und Probleme der Weltwirtschaft: Freihandel, Protektionismus und wirtschaftliche Integration. Internationaler Kapitaltransfer, Auslandsverschuldung und Entwicklungsländer.