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List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. The rise of international organisations; Part I. Member States and International Organisations: 3. The legal position of international organisations; 4. International organisations and the law of treaties; 5. Issues of membership; 6. Financing; 7. Privileges and immunities; 8. Legal instruments; 9. Dissolution and succession; Part II. Internal Relations: 10. Institutional structures; 11. The bureaucracy; Part III. External Relations: 12. Treaty-making by international organisations; 13. Organisational liaisons; 14. Issues of responsibility; 15. Concluding remarks.
About the author
Jan Klabbers has been teaching international law and the law of international organisations for more than two decades and currently holds the Martti Ahtisaari Chair at the University of Helsinki. He has held visiting positions at, amongst others, New York University Law School, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva) and the University of Paris. He has received several awards for excellence in teaching, and the first two editions of this book have met with general acclaim.
Summary
This market-leading textbook has been updated extensively to reflect the entry into force of the EU's Lisbon Treaty and new articles on the responsibility of international organisations. It also includes two new chapters on the international civil service and the relations between organisations and other institutions, respectively.
