International Institutional Law

Sixth Revised Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-36396-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 1328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1882 g

This sixth, revised edition of International Institutional Law covers the most recent developments in the field. Although public international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the African Union, ASEAN, the European Union, Mercosur, NATO and OPEC have broadly divergent objectives, powers, fields of activity and numbers of member states, they also share a wide variety of institutional characteristics. Rather than being a handbook for specific organizations, the book offers a comparative analysis of the institutional law of international organizations. It includes chapters on the rules and practices concerning membership, institutional structure, decision-making, financing, legal order, supervision and sanctions, legal status and external relations. The book’s theoretical framework and extensive use of case-studies is designed to appeal to both academics and practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schermers, Henry G

Blokker, Niels M

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations, Terminology, Internet References

1 Introduction

I International Institutional Law

II Definition

III Classification

IV Conclusion

2 Participants

I Full Members

II Associate Members

III Partial Members

IV Affiliate Members

V Observers

VI Concluding Observations

3 Rules for International Organs

I Powers

II Composition of Organs

III Functioning

IV Concluding Observations

4 Policy-Making and Administrative Organs

I Classifying International Organs

II Policy-Making Organs

III Secretariat

IV The European Commission

V Concluding Observations

5 Advisory and Supervisory Organs

I Parliamentary Organs

II Judicial Organs

II Concluding Observations

6 Decision-Making Process

I The Concept of a Decision

II Legal Basis

III Initiative

IV Drafting of the Text

V Decision-making by Consensus

VI Voting

VII Entry into Force of Decisions

VIII Termination of Decisions

IX Concluding Observations

7 Financing

I Expenditure

II Income

III Budget

IV Concluding Observations

8 Legal Order

I Introduction

II Constitution

III Decisions of the Organization

IV Other Elements of the Legal Order

V Concluding Observations

9 Interpretation and Settlement of Disputes

I Means of Interpretation

II Authorities Charged with Interpretation

III Competence to Request Interpretation

IV Concluding Observations

10 Supervision and Sanctions

I Definitions

II Supervision of the Implementation of Rules

III Official Recognition of Violations

IV Waiver of Obligations

V Sanctions

VI Concluding Observations

11 Legal Status

I Status in International Law

II Status in National Law

III Duration

IV Concluding Observations

12 External Relations

I Partners for External Relations

II Instruments of External Relations

III Concluding Observations

Concluding Remarks

I Introduction

II The Relationship between an International Organization and Its Members

III Diversity of the Rules of International Institutional Law

IV Unity of the Rules of International Institutional Law

V Towards More Centralized International Law?

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Henry G. Schermers, Ph.D. (1957) Leiden University, has been Professor of the Law of International Organizations at the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden. He published the first edition of International Institutional Law in 1972. Henry Schermers passed away in 2006.

Niels M. Blokker, Ph.D (1989) Leiden University, is Professor of International Institutional Law at Leiden University and was previously Deputy Legal Adviser at the Foreign Ministry of The Netherlands. He is co-founder and co-editor in chief of International Organizations Law Review (published by Martinus Nijhoff/Brill Publishers).