Solidarity: a structural principle of international law

This volume presents a high-level scholarly discussion on whether the conceptof solidarity functions as a structural principle of international law and towhat extent it has become a full-fledged legal principle. Each contributor addresses these questions by examining normative operations of the principle of solidarity in different branches of international law - including international disaster law, international humanitarian law, the law of development cooperation and international environmental law - as well as the relationship betweenthe principle of solidarity and other legal principles such as the responsibility to protect and intergenerational equity. INDICE: A. von Bogdandy: Opening Address.- K. Wellens: Revisiting Solidarity as a (Re-)Emerging Constitutional Principle: Some Further Reflections.- P. Dann: Solidarity and the Law of Development Cooperation.- L. Boisson de Chazournes: Responsibility to Protect: Reflecting Solidarity?- D. Shelton: Intergenerational Equity.- T. Bolanos: Military Intervention Without Security Council'sAuthorisation as a Consequence of the "Responsibility to Protect".- H. Neuhold: Common Security: The Litmus Test of International Solidarity.- R. Wolfrum: Concluding Remarks.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-26247-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 04/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés