From Principles to Norms
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
2020.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Laws and Legislation Ser. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b45637209*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Problem Stated
- Chapter 1
- Universal Principles in International Law and the Necessity for Their Direct Application
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The State and the Rules: The Role of Principles
- 3. The Issues Affecting the Resolution of the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Dispute and the Separate Opinion of Judge C. Weeramantry
- 4. The State's Transformation and the Role of Non-Derogable Norms
- 4.1. Fundamental Principles and Jus Cogens Norms: The Interface
- 4.2. An Aside on the Origin and Basic Meaning of Natural Law.
- 4.3. Thomas Aquinas, Nature and Natural Law
- 5. From Principles to Norms: The Role of Science
- Chapter 2
- Non-State Actors and Human Rights: Their Double Role in International Law
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Non-State Actors and the Role of Law
- 2.1. The Problem of Personhood
- 2.2. Non-State Actors as Legal Persons
- 3. Legal Persons: Positive and Negative Aspects
- 3.1. Positive Aspects and Non-state Actors
- 4. NGOs Role as Public Conscience: The Litmus Test of the Relevance of Legal Systems
- 4.1. Non-State Actors and Global Governance
- 4.2. The World Social Forum.
- 4.3. Radical Social Movements: An Assessment
- 5. Actors, Legal Persons and INGOs: Their Role in Global Governance
- Chapter 3
- The United Nations System and Its Organs: Their Roles in International Law
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The United Nations: Its Principles, Purposes and Mandates
- 3. The Security Council and the Mandates and Principles of the UN Charter
- 4. Jus Cogens Norms and the Power of the Security Council
- 5. Can Security Council Resolution Be Challenged?
- 6. The Protection of Human Rights and the UN Organizations beyond the Security Council
- Chapter 4.
- From Principles to Norms: The Blockages That Must Be Removed in Order to Complete the Still Rudimentary Development of International Law
- Part I
- 1. Introduction: A Review of the Argument Thus Far
- 2. The Main Problems Blocking the Acceptance of Principles
- 3. A Potential Use of International Criminal Law: "Vive le Crime!"
- 4. Jus Cogens Norms as Applied to Ecological Harms
- Part II
- 5. The Second Impediment Lies in the Inappropriate Use of Causality in All Policy Decisions
- 6. The Many Faces of Responsibility.
- 7. A Further Causal Difficulty: The State of Current Western Democracies
- Chapter 5
- Concluding Thoughts
- Author's Contact Information
- Index
- Blank Page.
