Law and Practice of the United Nations
Simon Chesterman, Ian Johnstone, and David M. Malone
Abstract
This book combines primary materials with expert commentary, demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay by the authors that describes how the documents that follow illustrate a set of legal, institutional, and political issues relevant to the practice of diplomacy and the development of public international law through the United Nations. This second edition updates the materials in the first edition and introduces new fea ... More
This book combines primary materials with expert commentary, demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general. Each chapter begins with a short introductory essay by the authors that describes how the documents that follow illustrate a set of legal, institutional, and political issues relevant to the practice of diplomacy and the development of public international law through the United Nations. This second edition updates the materials in the first edition and introduces new features that reflect a changing global landscape. An additional feature is the inclusion of hypothetical fact scenarios to test the understanding of concepts in each chapter. This edition contains more author commentary with the usual emphasis on primary materials. Such materials enable a realistic presentation of the work of international diplomacy; the negotiation, interpretation, and application of such texts is an important part of what actually takes place at the United Nations and other international organizations.
Keywords:
United Nations,
international law,
international organizations,
international relations,
diplomacy
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199399482 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199399482.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Simon Chesterman, author
Dean and Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Ian Johnstone, author
Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
David M. Malone, author
Rector, and Under-Secretary-General of the UN, United Nations University, Tokyo
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