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Introduction to the Law of the United Nations
Robert Kolb
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Description for Introduction to the Law of the United Nations
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This work aims to fill a gap in the existing legal literature by presenting a compact, concise but nevertheless panoramic view of the law of the United Nations. Today the organisation is at the centre of all multilateral international relations and impossible to avoid. And of course the UN Charter is a foundational document without which modern international law cannot be properly understood. In spite of its importance, this pre-eminent world political organisation is poorly understood by the general public, and the extent and variety of its activities is not widely appreciated. Even lawyers generally possess insufficient knowledge of the ... Read more
This work aims to fill a gap in the existing legal literature by presenting a compact, concise but nevertheless panoramic view of the law of the United Nations. Today the organisation is at the centre of all multilateral international relations and impossible to avoid. And of course the UN Charter is a foundational document without which modern international law cannot be properly understood. In spite of its importance, this pre-eminent world political organisation is poorly understood by the general public, and the extent and variety of its activities is not widely appreciated. Even lawyers generally possess insufficient knowledge of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841139371
SKU
V9781841139371
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About Robert Kolb
Robert Kolb is Professor of Public International Law at the University of Geneva. He has worked as legal adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross from 1998 to 1999, and occasionally for the International Law Directorate of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Military Department (Law of Armed Conflicts). He is also Counsel ... Read more
Reviews for Introduction to the Law of the United Nations
Kolb has an obvious and assured mastery of the Charter and its history and, what is equally important in an introductory work of this type, a good sense of when to summarise routine or obsolete subjects and when to 'dig in' and explore the most interesting topics in greater detail. There is much of value here and ... I would ... Read more