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Zusatztext Wilde argues that his aim is not to discern the 'real' reasons for the projects that he considers! but 'to identify a justificatory framework to explain how the projects are understood in international policy discourse'(p.39). This broadly constructivist approach is pursued in refreshingly clear language Informationen zum Autor Dr Ralph Wilde is Vice Dean for Research and a Reader at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law centre. At the International Law Association he is a member of the international Executive Council and the academic Secretary of the British Branch. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and a member of the editorial advisory boards of Current Legal Problems and the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. Klappentext This is the first comprehensive treatment of the reasons why international organizations have engaged in territorial administration, from the League of Nations in Danzig during the inter-war period, to the UN in East Timor recently, and Kosovo today. It describes the role of international territorial administration, and analyses the various purposes associated with this activity, such as settling disputes over sovereignty. This book reveals the objectives which territorial administration seeks to achieve, and establishes the commonalities and differences between the various administration projects to date. Zusammenfassung Presents a treatment of the reasons why international organizations have engaged in territorial administration, from the League of Nations in Danzig during the inter-war period, to the UN in East Timor, and Kosovo. This work describes the role of international territorial administration, and analyses the purposes associated with this activity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A New Field of Analysis 2: The Institution of International Territorial Administration 3: The Idea of International Territorial Sovereignty 4: Host Territories - States and State Territories 5: Host Territories - Self-Determination Units 6: Establishing the Policy Institution: Purposive Analysis 7: Implementing International Law and Policy 8: Colonialism and Trusteeship Redux? Imperial Connections, Historical Evolution, and Legitimation in the 'Post-Colonial' Era 9: Analysing International Territorial Administration ...
