AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL LAW SECOND EDITIONPDF电子书下载

1 Introduction 1

Introduction 1

An introductory textbook on institutional law 2

Critical legal theory 3

Trying to define international organizations 6

The layout of this book 12

2 The rise of international organizations 14

Introduction 14

The rise of modern organizations 16

Classifying international organizations 21

Why co-operate？ 25

Legal theory and international organizations 31

Discarding the functional necessity theory 32

Organizations and their members 35

3 The legal position of international organizations 38

Introduction 38

Indicators of ‘subjectivity’ 39

Legal personality under domestic law 44

International legal personality 46

Concluding remarks 51

4 The foundations for the powers of organizations 53

Introduction 53

The doctrine of attributed powers 55

The doctrine of implied powers 59

Reconciling the two doctrines 64

Inherent powers？ 66

Implied powers under fire 69

Re-thinking powers？ 71

Concluding remarks 72

5 International organizations and the law of treaties 74

Introduction 74

Reservations 76

Revision 79

Withdrawal and termination 84

Interpretation 86

The power to interpret 90

Concluding remarks 91

6 Issues of membership 93

Introduction 93

Membership 94

Other forms of membership？ 99

State succession and membership 102

Representation 107

Termination of membership 109

Concluding remarks 113

7 Financing 115

Introduction 115

The politics of procedure 116

Expenditure 117

Problems and crises 118

Sources of income 125

Concluding remarks 129

8 Privileges and immunities 131

Introduction 131

The theoretical basis of privileges and immunities 132

Applicable law 137

Distinguishing rationales 138

The UN Convention 140

Headquarters Agreement 145

Other sources of law 147

Domestic law 149

Concluding remarks 150

9 Institutional structures 153

Introduction 153

Regular organs 154

Some other bodies 160

Comitology 161

Creating organs 163

Limits？ The Tadic case 166

Inter-relationship： hierarchy or not？ 168

The position of member states 174

Concluding remarks 176

10 Legal instruments 178

Introduction 178

Sketching the problem： the Mandate 180

Categories of instruments 181

Three theories of law-making 184

Non-binding instruments 188

EC instruments 193

Adopting conventions 198

Internal and household matters 200

Applying the law 201

Concluding remarks 203

11 Decision making and judicial review 205

Introduction 205

Adopting legal instruments 206

European Community 212

Validity 213

judicial review in the EC 220

Judicial review of Security Council Acts 221

Hierarchy between acts 224

Concluding remarks 227

12 Dispute settlement 229

Introduction 229

The ICJ’s advisory jurisdiction 231

Other tribunals within the UN system 234

Dispute settlement in the EC 237

Dispute settlement in other organizations 239

The GATT/WTO system 241

Administrative tribunals 243

Alternatives 247

Concluding remarks 249

13 Treaty-making by international organizations 251

Introduction 251

The 1986 Vienna Convention 253

Treaty-making powers 255

The ties that bind 259

Mixed agreements 263

Organizational liaisons 267

Concluding remarks 269

14 Issues of responsibility 271

Introduction 271

Some preliminary issues 273

An illustration： the Tin Council litigation 276

Whose behaviour？ 279

The wrongful act 283

Indirect and secondary responsibility 285

Policy arguments 288

Limited liability and legal personality 289

Piercing the corporate veil 291

Concluding remarks 292

15 Dissolution and succession 294

Introduction 294

The modalities of dissolution 295

Dissolution 298

Succession： some basic issues 300

Assets and debts 302

Personnel 303

Functions 304

Concluding remarks 305

16 Concluding remarks： Towards re-appraisal and control 307

Introduction 307

Organizations v.members： a zero-sum game？ 308

Transgovernmentalism， civil society and formalism 311

Control 314

Concluding remarks 318

Bibliography 320

Index 350