Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- The Complexification of the United Nations System -- Unilateral Enforcement of the Collective Will: Kosovo, Iraq, and the Security Council -- Proposals for Strengthening the UN Dispute Settlement System - Lessons from International Economic Law -- UN-Principles and International Environmental Law -- International Seabed Authority: The First Four Years -- The Global Environment Facility Galaxy: On Linkages among Institutions -- Some Observations Regarding Environmental Covenants and Conditionalities in World Bank Lending Activities -- The Regime Building of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Road to Nairobi -- Carrots without Sticks? New Financial Mechanisms for Global Environmental Agreements -- International Courts and the Application of the Concept of "Sustainable Development -- WTO Dispute Settlement: The Implementation Stage -- Scope and Function of the WTO Appellate System: What Future after the Millennium Round? -- The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment: Is it making a Difference? -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination -- Book Reviews.

In its third year, this text is a collection of essays by distinguished professors in international law. The essays cover a variety of topics, from the role of the Security Council to UN treaties, and from environmental issues to humanitarian law.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.