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Collective Security : Theory, Law and Practice.

A systematic analysis and assessment of the institutional, operational, legal and accountability parameters of the United Nations collective security system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tsagourias, Nicholas
Otros Autores: White, Nigel D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Table of treaties and other international instruments; Table of cases; List of abbreviations; Part I The concept of collective security; 1 Collective Security: a historical journey; Introduction; Pre-twentieth-century projects; From the League of Nations to the United Nations; The United Nations Collective Security system; Conclusion; 2 The morphology of collective security; Introduction; The meaning of 'public'; Globality; Order; CS as a constitutional order; Conclusion; 3 Triggers, actors and institutions; Introduction; Peace; Threats to the peace; Security.
  • CS actors and institutionsCS routes; Conclusion; Part II Collective Security components; 4 States and Collective Security; Introduction; Individual rights or collective powers?; Collective Security or collective defence?; States, the UN and other fora; Collective self-defence as a form of Collective Security; Non-proliferation and nuclear weapons states; Conclusion; 5 The United Nations; Introduction; Purposes and powers of the UN; The prohibition on the use of force, the UN and peace and security; Breaches of international law, the UN and peace and security.
  • The UN and the responsibility to protectDivision of competence under the Charter; Division of CS competence in practice; 'Uniting for Peace'; Conclusion; 6 Regional organisations; Introduction; Regional organisations and Chapter VIII of the UN Charter; Changing values and fundamental legal principles; Hierarchies in CS law; Regional organisations and non-forcible measures; Regional organisations and military measures; Conclusion; 7 Private military and security companies; Introduction; Colonial chartered companies and mercenaries; Sovereignty and the use of force.
  • State responsibility for the misuse of force by PMSCsCorporate responsibility for the misuse of force; Regulation of PMSCs and the use of force; Conclusion; Part III Collective Security tools; 8 The settlement of disputes and preventive security; Introduction; Consultation and diplomacy; Responsibility to prevent; Dispute settlement; Arms control; CS institutions and preventive security; CS actors and preventive security; Conclusion; 9 State-building; Introduction; A just war and a just peace; Peace agreements; Self-determination as a CS principle; International interventions.
  • Peace operations and peacebuildingNormative CS framework for post-conflict rebuilding; Conclusion; 10 Sanctions; Introduction; Nature and purposes of sanctions; The evolution of sanctions; Centralised and decentralised sanctions; CS sanctions in practice: from constitutionality to impact; Late twentieth-century concern for economic rights; Twenty-first century: targeted sanctions and civil and political rights; Conclusion; 11 Military security; Introduction; Military options; Keeping the peace; Peace enforcement; Peacekeeping forces: law and practice; Peace enforcement: law and practice.