Bowett's Law of International Institutions / Philippe Sands and Pierre Klein

It includes Index Pages.

Description:
Bowett’s Law of International Institutions provides an introductory overview of the law of international institutions, covering the major organisations and explaining their role and governing law

Covers all the major global, regional and judicial institutions such as the UN, the IMF, the WTO, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea, the ICC and the ICTs as well as the EU and Council of Europe
Includes coverage of International organisations that regulate aspects of development such as: environmental, administrative, judicial, trade, economic or criminal
Split into three parts, part one describes the global institutions and then the regional institutions, part two addresses the various functions of international organisations and part three considers the four sets of common institutional problems
Provides insights into the essential issues concerning international institutional law
Analyses the common problems faced by international institutions and examines their potential solutions
Examines the growing role of the United Nations and its associated bodies as well as the workings and increasing influence of the major European institutions
Assesses new organisations, such as the WTO
Looks at the emergence of new international adjudicatory bodies
Discusses important regional developments
Evaluates the driving-force behind the growth of many of the international institutions

Contents:

General Introduction


Part I: Overview of existing International Institutions


The United Nations
UN Specialised Agencies
Other autonomous organisations
Regional Institutions: Introduction
European Organisations
The Americas and Caribbean
Asia
The Middle East Africa