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Manual en el que se evidencia los principales problemas y tensiones del derecho internacional público contemporáneo desde una perspectiva humanista, dinámica y compleja.
Este libro constituye una útil herramienta para introducirse al estudio de esta especialización del Derecho, pues facilita la comprensión de los principales problemas y tensiones del derecho internacional público contemporáneo. Además identifica los sujetos del derecho internacional...
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El ataque terrorista del 11-S determinó el nacimiento de una nueva etapa del derecho internacional. No sólo implicó la materialización de un acto de hiperterrorismo, sino que determinó un cambio en la sociedad internacional, priorizando la agenda global en torno al discurso de la lucha contra el terrorismo y determinando una reconfiguración del derecho internacional, que se aparta de los principios generales que fundamentan la regulación jurídica...
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La oleada de gobiernos de izquierda que caracterizó a América Latina y el Caribe desde finales del siglo XX conformó un mapa geopolítico adverso a los intereses del sector público-privado estadounidense en la región. Para cambiar la correlación de fuerzas ha entrado en escena el lawfare o guerra judicial, un mecanismo aparentemente democrático y ajustado a derecho, por elque socavar el poder, la imagen y las posibilidades de reelección de...
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"Melting ice, a military arms race, the rush to exploit resources at any cost-the Arctic is now the stage on which our future will be decided. And as temperatures rise and the ice retreats, Vladimir Putin orders Russia's oil rigs to move north. But one early September morning in 2013 thirty men and women from eighteen countries-the crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise-decide to draw a line in the ice and protest the drilling in the Arctic. Thrown together...
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Is Israel following international law? This collection looks at three contentious terms that arise in contemporary arguments about Israel's practices towards Palestinians – occupation, colonialism and apartheid, and how they are manipulated by the Israeli state.
These essays present conclusive evidence that Israel's administration of the Palestinian territories is consistent with colonialism and apartheid. Moreover, these practices are deliberate...
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Michael W. Doyle is the Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Political Science at Columbia University. He served as assistant secretary-general and special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and is currently the chair of the U.N. Democracy Fund. His books include Making War and Building Peace (Princeton) and Ways of War and Peace.
Does the United States have the right to defend itself by striking first, or must it...
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"Winner of the 2015 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship, American Society of International Law" "Winner of the 2015 International Law Best Book Award, International Law Section of the International Studies Association" "Honorable Mention for the 2015 Chadwick Alger Award, International Studies Association" Karen J. Alter is professor of political science and law at Northwestern University and a permanent visiting...
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No one is against human rights. It is obviously a good thing-until one starts to think about the meaning of the term and its implications. Then it shows itself to be an idea that polarizes, encouraging uncritical support and also extreme reaction from both secularists and religionists. John Warwick Montgomery, who is both a lawyer and a theologian, is uniquely qualified to address the question of human rights. In clear, easily understood language,...
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Hans J. Morgenthau es un autor fundamental para el estudio de las relaciones internacionales y es considerado uno de los máximos exponentes del realismo político. Este libro propone una reconstrucción de su pensamiento que permita interpretar la teoría de la política internacional de Morgenthau no solo como una herramienta al servicio del poder, sino también como una palanca a favor de la paz entre las naciones. El papel, prudente y sabio, de...
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Este volumen recoge en sus cuatro secciones y diez capítulos, un acercamiento orgánico al impacto que genera en los sistemas nacionales de protección de los derechos humanos, la jurisprudencia de los Tribunales Internacionales. Los directores, conocedores cercanos e incluso actores directos en estos procesos de diálogo entre tribunales, han sabido organizar el volumen de modo que se recogen en él los aspectos fundamentales del problema. Se parte...
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Esta obra colectiva contiene reflexiones académicas, y no simples compilaciones normativas, que presentan diversos puntos de análisis sobre los retos para la protección de los derechos de las minorías y se plantean las problemáticas de varios de estos grupos. Así mismo, la reflexión propuesta en la introducción presenta argumentos que conectan las generalidades de estos grupos pese a los particularismos sociales o jurídicos que se debe exigir...
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Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher was a German economist from Hanover. He studied at Göttingen, where he became a member of Corps Hannovera, and Berlin, and obtained a professorship at Göttingen in 1844 and subsequently at Leipzig in 1848. The main origins of the historical school of political economy may be traced to Roscher.
14) Risk Rules
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Risk Rules is a comprehensive updating of the authors' critically praised The Kimchi Matters (Agate B2, 2005). The authors, a group of present and former University of Chicago political risk experts, return discussion of globalization and international relations to first principles. Globalization hype has obscured a few basic truths--that political stability and economic growth are usually determined on the local level, and that they're most affected...
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Delays in implementing the Court's judgments, lack of political will in certain states parties, attempts to discredit the Court...
In ratifying the European Convention on Human Rights, the signatory states accept the Court's jurisdiction and authority and "undertake to abide by the final judgment of the Court in any case to which they are parties" (Article 46 of the Convention).
While certain member states have made real progress in implementing...
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Retards dans l'exécution des arrêts de la Cour, absence de volonté politique dans certains États parties, tentatives de discréditer la Cour...
En ratifiant la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme, les États signataires en acceptent la compétence et l'autorité, et « s'engagent à se conformer aux arrêts définitifs de la Cour dans les litiges auxquels [ils] sont parties » (article 46 de la Convention).
Si certains États membres...
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On August 21, 2013, chemical weapons were unleashed on the civilian population in Syria, killing another 1,400 people in a civil war that had already claimed the lives of more than 140,000. As is all too often the case, the innocent found themselves victims of a violent struggle for political power. Such events are why human rights activists have long pressed for institutions such as the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006" Michael Ignatieff is Carr Professor of Human Rights Practice and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His numerous books include Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry (Princeton) and The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror.
With the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, the most controversial...
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Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is the author of U.S. Trade Strategy and The Sanctions Paradox and has been published widely in scholarly journals as well as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is a regular contributor to Newsweek International and NPR's Marketplace. He keeps a daily Weblog at www.danieldrezner.com.
Has globalization diluted...
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What positive impact has the European Convention on Human Rights had upon states parties to the Convention?
The examples presented in this publication show that the effects of the Convention and its case law extend to all areas of life. They include, but are not limited to, individuals' access to justice, the prohibition of discrimination, property rights, family law issues such as custody rights, the prevention and punishment of acts of torture,...
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