Wildy Logo
(020) 7242 5778
enquiries@wildy.com

Book of the Month

Cover of Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies

Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies

Edited by: Mark Arnold KC, Simon Mortimore KC
Price: £275.00

Lord Denning: Life, Law and Legacy



  


Welcome to Wildys

Watch


NEW EDITION Pre-order Mortgage Receivership: Law and Practice



 Stephanie Tozer, Cecily Crampin, Tricia Hemans
Practical guidance to relevant law & procedure


Offers for Newly Called Barristers & Students

Special Discounts for Newly Called & Students

Read More ...


Secondhand & Out of Print

Browse Secondhand Online

Read More...


Easter Closing

We will be closed between Friday 29th March and Monday 1st April for the Easter Bank Holidays, reopening at 8.30am on Tuesday 2nd April. Any orders received during this period will be processed with when we re-open.

Hide this message

Multilateral Treaty-Making: The Current Status of Challenges to and Reforms Needed in the International Legislative Process

Edited by: Vera Gowlland-Debbas

ISBN13: 9789041114488
ISBN: 9041114483
Published: October 2000
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: The Netherlands
Format: Paperback
Price: £108.00



Usually despatched in 1 to 3 weeks.

Although the Forum Geneva, organized by the American Society of International Law and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, held in Switzerland, was designed to focus on the rules relating to the forms and procedures of multilateral treaty-making, inevitably the content of the norms themselves came to the forefront of the discussion. The participants raised crucial and timely issues relating to human rights and the environment, in recognition of the momentous impact of social change.;This book addresses the complexities of questions such as the following: is multilateral treaty-making the most appropriate tool for meeting the new needs and requirements of today's world? Deep and pervasive changes in the fabric of international society compel attention to new legal issues resulting from state succession, protection of minorities, and ethnic strife. Also, is codification the best tool for giving these matters normative substance? The 50th birthday of the International Law Commission, the codification body par excellence, has also led to stock-taking over its role. Who are the decision-makers invested with the power of change and the introduction of new rules? This concept is crucial to the substantive content of the law. It seems evident that we must transcend the state-centric Westphalian legacy in order to capture the diversity of social forces operating today. Yet, while international organizations have been formally bestowed with legal capacity to conclude treaties, other important and influential actors (such as NGOs and MNCs) continue to be relegated to the sidelines of international law-making.;How does the complexity and increasingly technological orientation of the social environment affect treaty-making? Treaties can assume soft forms or include soft content, especially in relation to the impact of environmental law. Does the different nature of human rights treaties affect the rules of treaty-making, such as those on reservations? What of treaty implementation and the classic problem of the application of treaty law in the domestic order? Who speaks today in the name of the state at a time when its monolithic image is breaking down and when international treaties penetrate into every sphere of citizens' lives?

Contents:
Foreword. Introductory Remarks; Chair: V. Gowlland-Debbas Multilateral Treaties as a Source of International Law; L. Johnson. Keynote Address -- Responding to New Needs through Codification and Progressive Development; A. Pellet. Some Reflections on the Relationship of Treaties and Soft Law; A. Boyle. Participation in Multilateral Treaty-Making by Non-State Entities; Chair: A. Clapham. Participation of Non-Governmental Entities in Treaty-Making: The Case of Conventional Weapons; L. Doswald-Beck. Multionational Enterprises and Treaty-Making -- A Contribution to the Discussion on Non-State Actors and the `Subjects' of International Law; P. Malanczuk. Luncheon Address; Chair: R. Rosenstock. The International Treaty-Making Process: Paradise Lost, or Humpty Dumpty? C.N. Brower. Multilateral Treaties and the Collective Interest; Chair: S. McCaffrey. How Distinctive are Treaties Representing Collective Interest? The Case of Human Rights Treaties; B. Simma. Multilateral Environmental Treaty-Making; C. Redgwell. Implementing Multilateral Treaties at the Domestic and International Levels; Chair: E.-U. Petersmann. Implementing Treaties in Domestic Law: from `Pacta Sunt Servanda' to `Anything Goes'? W. Kalin. The ILO's Standard-Setting Action: International Legislation or Treaty Law? F. Maupain. Concluding Remarks; G. Abi-Saab. List of Participants.