Economic Sanctions and International Law : Law and Practice.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Materials -- 1. Economic Sanctions and International Law: An Introduction -- 2. Sanctions and Fundamental Rights of States: The Case of EU Sanctions Against Iran and Syria -- I. Introduction -- II. The Essence of the Fundamental Rights Doctrine -- III. The Scope of the UN and EU Sanctions against Iran and Syria -- IV. The Interaction between Sanctions, their Authority and the Fundamental Rights of States -- V. Legal Basis of EU Sanctions and Collective Security Frameworks -- VI. Conclusion -- 3. Unilateral European Sanctions as Countermeasures: The Case of the EU Measures Against Iran -- I. Introduction -- II. The Legal Nature of the EU Measures -- III. EU Sanctions and the Legal Regime of Countermeasures -- IV. Conclusion -- 4. State Reactions to Illegal Sanctions -- I. Introduction -- II. On Various 'Sanctions' -- III. Reactions to Illegal Unilateral Sanctions -- IV. Reactions to Illegal Collective Sanctions -- V. Conclusion -- 5. Targeted Sanctions and Human Rights -- I. Introduction -- II. The Development of Targeted Sanctions -- III. Targeted Sanctions Today -- IV. Targeted Sanctions and Substantive Human Rights -- V. Targeted Sanctions and Procedural Human Rights -- VI. Conclusion -- 6. UN Smart Sanctions and the UN Declaration on the Rule of Law -- I. Introduction -- II. The Rule of Law within the United Nations -- III. UN Smart Sanctions and the Rule of Law -- IV. Conclusion -- 7. United Nations Targeted Sanctions, Human Rights and the Office of the Ombudsperson -- I. Introduction -- II. Targeted Sanctions against the Taliban and Al-Qaida -- III. The Effect of 9/11 on Targeted Sanctions -- IV. Criticism of the United Nations Asset Freezing Regime -- V. The Kadi I Case -- VI. The Evolution of the Office of the Ombudsperson.

VII. The Office of the Ombudsperson -- VIII. The Kadi II Case -- IX. The Office of the Ombudsperson post Kadi II -- X. Conclusion -- XI. Postscript -- 8. Sanctions Cases in the European Courts -- I. Introduction -- II. Setting the Scene: from PMOI to Kadi I -- III. The Application of Kadi Standards to Bilateral Sanctions Regimes and other Post-Kadi Developments -- IV. Open Questions and Remaining Challenges -- V. Conclusions -- 9. United States Sanctions: Delisting Applications, Judicial Review and Secret Evidence -- I. Introduction -- II. OFAC Sanctions-a Model of Economic Warfare -- III. Challenging a US Sanctions Listing -- IV. Some Concluding Remarks about the US OFAC regime and Challenges to Listing Decisions -- 10. Sanctions and Commercial Law -- I. Introduction -- II. History and Background -- III. The Modern Legal Framework -- IV. Sanctions, Contracts and Commercial Relations -- V. Conclusion -- Index.

Sanctions have become an increasingly popular tool of foreign policy. Bringing together scholars and government and private practitioners, this book provides an overview of recent developments and an analysis of the problems that they have engendered.

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