The UN Security Council and International Law

The UN Security Council and International Law explores the legal powers, limits and potential of the United Nations Security Council, offering a broadly positive (and positivist) account of the Council's work in practice. This book aims to answer questions such as 'when are Council decisions binding and on whom?', 'what legal constraints exist on Council decision making?' and 'how far is the Council bound by international law?'. Defining the controlling legal rules and differentiating between what the Council can do, as opposed to what it should do as a matter of policy, this book offers both a tool for assessment of the Council as well as realistic solutions to address its deficiencies, and, most importantly, evaluates its potential for maintaining international peace and security, to the benefit of us all.

Product details

• Authors: Eran Sthoeger, Michael Wood, Michael Sthoeger Wood
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781108483490
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48349-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures; Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Le
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, International Law, Public International Law, International Organisations & Institutions