TY - BOOK AU - Sur,Serge TI - International Law, Power, Security and Justice: Essays on International Law and Relations T2 - French Studies in International Law Series SN - 9781847316080 AV - KZ1250 -- .S87 2010eb U1 - 341 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - International law -- Political aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - Prelims -- Series Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Part I States -- 1 Power as a Regulator of International Relations -- 2 On American 'Hegemony' -- 3 The United Kingdom: A Comeback after the Decline? -- 4 Imperialism and International Law in Europe and the United States -- 5 The State between Fragmentation and Globalisation -- 6 'Failed States': More Problems than Solutions -- Part II The International Legal System -- 7 Utopia and the International Legal System -- 8 Some Observations on International Legal Norms -- 9 Acts, Norms and Law in 1500 Words or Less -- 10 International Custom: Its Life, Its Craft -- 11 Interpretation in Public International Law -- 12 Changing Fashions in International Law -- Part III International Security A. Systems and Doctrines -- 13 Classic Security Systems -- 14 Collective Security -- 15 Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Security -- 16 The UN Charter and International Security: Present and Future -- Part III International Security B. The UN Security Council -- 17 The UN Security Council: Blockage, Renewal, Future -- 18 In Praise of the Security Council -- 19 Security Council Resolution 1441 and the Iraq Case: A Missed Opportunity -- 20 Security Council Resolution 1540: The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Non-State Actors -- 21 Post-September 11 UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Measures -- Part III International Security C. Arms Control, Limitation of Armaments and Disarmament -- 22 Disarmament and International Law -- 23 On the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: The United States between Unilateralism and Multilateralism -- 24 At Risk: Disarmament within the New International Security Context -- 25 Non-Proliferation Initiatives and the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review: An Introduction; Part III International Security D. Unilateral Uses of Armed Force -- 26 The Legality of Armed Conflict in International Law -- 27 Legal Aspects of the Intervention of NATO Member States in Kosovo -- 28 The Kosovo Affair and International Law: Points and Counterpoints -- 29 About the Preventive War Doctrine -- Part IV International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Justice -- 30 Towards an International Criminal Court: The Rome Statute, NGOs and the UN Security Council -- 31 International Criminal Law: Between the State and International Society -- 32 The Responsibility to Protect and the Crisis of Humanitarian Law -- Index N2 - These collected essays deal with the evolutions and immutabilities of international society and international law during the last 25 years UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772662 ER -