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Informationen zum Autor LoraKim combines her experience as a wildlife veterinarian, Unitarian Universalist minister, and Certified Trainer in Nonviolent Communication to address the importance of both human and nonhuman wellbeing. She serves as a Community Minister affiliated with the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, Iowa, and Co-director of One Earth Conservation. She is an inspiring speaker and leads nation-wide workshops and webinars in Compassionate Communication and Nurturing Nature. With over 38 years of experience working with parrot conservation in the Americas, she currently leads projects in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guyana, Suriname, and Paraguay. You can read about her life and work in her memoir, Conservation in Time of War. Klappentext This volume provides students and scholars with a text that examines! explains! and appraised contributions made by the Unites Nations to contemporary international law and the law-creating process. Zusammenfassung This volume provides students and scholars with a text that appraises the contribution made by the United Nations to contemporary international law and the law-creating process. Covering a wide range of UN activity! this book represents a comprehensive guide to the role of the UN in providing viable legal rules to deal with international problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The UN System as a Source of Law: 1. The UN legal order: an overview Oscar Schachter; 2. General law-making processes Paul Szasz; 3. Specialized law-making processes Frederic L. Kirgis, Jr; Part II. Substantive Law: 4. Force and arms John F. Murphy; 5. Human rights Hurst Hannum; 6. Refugees and migration David A. Martin; 7. Women Rebecca J. Cook; 8. Labor Virginia A. Leary; 9. Economic relations and development Stephen Zamora; 10. Environment Ved P. Nanda; 11. Law of the sea Bernard H. Oxman; 12. Outer space Ralph G. Steinhardt; 13. International crimes John F. Murphy; Part III. International Law: 14. Law of the international civil service Robert S. Jordan; 15. Financial responsibility of members Jose E. Alvarez; 16. Conclusion: the United Nations as international law-giver Christopher C. Joyner....
