On the Law of Peace - Peace Agreements and the Lex Pacificatoria

Zusatztext a very coherent book. Informationen zum Autor Christine Bell was born and brought up in Belfast. She is currently Director of the Transitional Justice Institute, and Professor of Public International Law at University of Ulster (based at Magee Campus). She read law at Selwyn College, Cambridge, (1988) and gained an L.L.M. from Law at Harvard Law School (1990), supported by a Harkness Fellowship. She subsequently qualified as an Attorney-at-law in New York, practicing for a period at Debevoise & Plimpton, NY. From 1997-9 she was Director of the Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Queen's University of Belfast. She has been active in non-governmental organisations, and was chairperson of Belfast-based Human Rights organisation, the Committee on the Administration of Justice from 1995-7, and a founder member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission established under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. She has authored the book Peace Agreements and Human Rights (Oxford University Press 2000). Klappentext The last fifteen years have seen a proliferation of peace agreements in diverse conflicts. This book analyses how and why peace agreements are produced, focusing on the extent to which they are regulated by law, or impose legally binding obligations. The book questions what it is that makes people comply with peace agreements. Zusammenfassung The last fifteen years have seen a proliferation of peace agreements in diverse conflicts. This book analyses how and why peace agreements are produced, focusing on the extent to which they are regulated by law, or impose legally binding obligations. The book questions what it is that makes people comply with peace agreements.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Bell
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2008
• EAN: 9780199226832
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922683-2
• No. of pages: 383
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources