Introduction to Law

However, under (6), it becomes clear that community law can give nationals rights (and impose duties upon them),independently of ...

the immediately subsequent paragraph that the Member States have limited their sovereign rights. Under (2) follows the decision ...

adopted measure is suitable to achieve the desired end, measure is necessary to achieve this end, and measures it takes are not ...

an important role in upholding and guaranteeing legal protection within the European legal order. European legal instruments tha ...

democracy within the EU, the effects of the free market policy of the EU, and the “eurocrisis” and its proposed solutions are ad ...

patently clear. These are eventful times, but the development of the EU has known even more eventful times. On these earlier occ ...

International Law 11 Menno T. Kamminga 11.1 Introduction Traditionally, two kinds of law are distinguished. On the one hand, the ...

on the basis of which it was decided that Mr. Kadi’s human rights had been violated. The Kadi case In 2001 the UN Security Counc ...

The Sea Shipping and the use and exploitation of the sea are traditional topics of international law. Questions that are address ...

11.2 Participants in the International Legal System (Economic) globalization is the trend towards a single worldwide system of p ...

and externally (towards the outside world). They no longer had to respect the authority of the Pope and the Emperor above themse ...

such as the veto power enjoyed by the permanent members of the UN Security Council, as discussed below. Nonstate actors derive w ...

11.2.2.2 IGOs and International Law As more and more responsibilities are transferred from states to international organizations ...

Observers A state may also be granted observer status by the General Assembly. An observer state can attend meetings and make st ...

threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression) of the UN Charter. Economic sanctions available to the Secu ...

In addition to the administrative duties, various political functions have been accorded to the Secretary-General over the years ...

One of the oldest NGOs is the Anti-Slavery Society established in the nineteenth century to campaign for the abolition of slaver ...

More on human rights treaties in Chap. 12. States that are parties to these treaties are required to guarantee the rights contai ...

11.3.1 Treaties Of these four sources, “international conventions,” also known as “treaties,” and international custom (or custo ...

11.4 Jurisdiction “Jurisdiction” refers to a state’s competence to make and enforce rules in respect of persons, property, or ev ...