The United Nations security council and war: the evolution of thought and practice since 1945

The book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to provide the definitive analysis of the legal, historical, and political context in which theSecurity Council operates. They explore the different functions that the Council has acquired over the last 60 years, partly in response to the changing nature of war. INDICE: 1: Vaughan Lowe, Adam Roberts, Jennifer Welsh and Dominik Zaum:Introduction; Part I: The Framework; 2: Edward C. Luck: A Council for All Seasons: The Creation of the Security Council and Its Relevance Today; 3: Christine Gray: The Charter Limitations on the Use of Force: Theory and Practice; 4: Adam Roberts: Proposals for UN Standing Forces: A Critical History; Part II: The Roles of the Security Council; 5: Nico Krisch: The Great Powers and the Security Council; 6: Dominik Zaum: The Security Council, the General Assembly, and War: The Uniting for Peace Resolution; 7: Mats Berdal: The Security Council and Peacekeeping; 8: David Cortright, George Lopez, and Linda Gerber Stellingwerf: The Sanctions Era: Themes and Trends in UN Security Council Sanctions since 1990; 9: Dan Sarooshi: The Authorization by the Security Council of Regional Arrangements to Use Force: The Case of NATO; 10: Jeremy Greenstock: The Security Council in the Post-Cold War World; Part III: Case Studies; 11: William Stueck: The United Nations, the Security Council, and the Korean War; 12: RogerLouis: The Suez Crisis and the British Dilemma at the United Nations; 13: Bruce Jones: The Security Council and the Arab-Israeli Wars: Responsibility without Power; 14: Rahul Roy-Chaudhury: The Security Council and the India-PakistanWars; 15: Peter Carey with Pat Walsh: The Security Council and the Question of East Timor'; 16: Charles Tripp: The Security Council and the Iran-Iraq War; 17: James Cockayne and David Malone: The Security Council and the 1991 and 2003 Iraq Wars; 18: Susan Woodward: The Security Council and the Wars in the former Yugoslavia; 19: Rupert Smith: The Security Council and the Bosnia Conflict:A Practitioner's View; 20: Gilles Dorronsoro: The Security Council and Afghanistan; 21: Adekeye Adebajo: The Security Council and Three Wars in West Africa; 22: J.P.D. Dunbabin: The Security Council in the Wings: Exploring the Non-Involvement of the Security Council in Wars; Part IV: The Security Council and the Changing Character of War; 23: Georg Nolte: The Different Functions of the Security Council with Respect to Humanitarian Law; 24: Jennifer Welsh: The Security Council and Interventions with Humanitarian Purposes; 25: Richard Caplan: The Security Council and International Administration of War-Torn and Contested Territories; 26: David Scheffer: The Security Council and International Law on Military Occupations; 27: Jane Boulden: The Security Council and Terrorism; 28: Sarah Percy: The Security Council and the Use of Private Force; Appendices; 1: UN Peacekeeping Operations, 1945 - 2006; 2: UN Forces, Missions, and Institutions not Classified as Peacekeeping Operations, 1945 - 2006; 3: UN-Authorized Military Operations, 1945 - 2006; 4: UN-Authorized Sanctions, 1945 - 2006; 5: Vetoed Security Council Resolutions, 1945 - 2006; 6: Uses of the Uniting for Peace Resolution, 1950 - 2006; 7: List of Armed Conflicts and Crises, 1945 - 2006

• ISBN: 978-0-19-958330-0
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 816
• Fecha Publicación: 15/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés