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Status of Law in International Society / Richard A. Falk.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1282Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1970Description: 1 online resource (698 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691621326
  • 9781400872565
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341
LOC classification:
  • JX3110.F3 -- F355 1970eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- PART ONE. AN ORIENTATION TOWARD THE POLITICAL SETTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- I. Gaps and Biases in Contemporary Theories of International Law -- II. The Relevance of Political Context to the Nature and Functioning of International Law: An Intermediate View -- III. Some Notes on the Consequences of Revolutionary Activity for the Quality of International Order -- PART TWO. EXPANDING HORIZONS OF AUTHORITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- IV. Confrontation Diplomacy: Indonesia's Campaign to Crush Malaysia -- V. An Argument to Expand the Traditional Sources of International Law- with Special Reference to the Facts of the South West Africa Cases -- VI. On the Quasi-Legislative Competence of the General Assembly -- VII. The Authority of the United Nations to Control Nonmembers -- VIII. Unilateral Claims to Use Outer Space and the Development of World Legal Order -- IX. An Explanation of the Extraterritorial Extension of American Antitrust Regulation -- PART THREE. MAKING INTERNATIONAL LAW EFFECTIVE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS -- X. Some Thoughts on Identifying and Solving the Problem of Compliance with International Law -- XI. On Treaty Interpretation and the New Haven -- XII. The South West Africa Cases: An Appraisal -- ΧIII. The Sabbatino Litigation and After: The Complexity of the Supreme Court Decision and the Simplicity of the Legislative Epilogue -- XIV. Domestic Courts, International Law, and Foreign Acts of States: Executive Prerogatives and Judicial Imperatives -- PART FOUR. A PLEA FOR SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES OF INQUIRY -- XV. Some New Approaches to the Study of International Law -- XVI. Wolfgang Friedmann -- XVII. Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach -- XVIII. Kenneth S. Carlston -- XIX. The Recently Independent States: A Framework for Systematic Inquiry -- PART FIVE. STRENGTHENING THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- XX. Settling Ocean Fishing Conflicts: The Limits of "Law Reform" in a Horizontal Legal Order -- XXI. The Prospects for World Order: Models of the Future -- XXII. The Quest for World Order, and the Vietnam War: A Second American Dilemma -- XXIII. Observations on Political Loyalty at a Time of World Crisis -- APPENDICES -- Index -- Backmatter
Summary: Professor Falk gives special attention to the political setting that shapes international law and to the creation of those intellectual perspectives which would strengthen world order.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- PART ONE. AN ORIENTATION TOWARD THE POLITICAL SETTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- I. Gaps and Biases in Contemporary Theories of International Law -- II. The Relevance of Political Context to the Nature and Functioning of International Law: An Intermediate View -- III. Some Notes on the Consequences of Revolutionary Activity for the Quality of International Order -- PART TWO. EXPANDING HORIZONS OF AUTHORITY IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- IV. Confrontation Diplomacy: Indonesia's Campaign to Crush Malaysia -- V. An Argument to Expand the Traditional Sources of International Law- with Special Reference to the Facts of the South West Africa Cases -- VI. On the Quasi-Legislative Competence of the General Assembly -- VII. The Authority of the United Nations to Control Nonmembers -- VIII. Unilateral Claims to Use Outer Space and the Development of World Legal Order -- IX. An Explanation of the Extraterritorial Extension of American Antitrust Regulation -- PART THREE. MAKING INTERNATIONAL LAW EFFECTIVE IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS -- X. Some Thoughts on Identifying and Solving the Problem of Compliance with International Law -- XI. On Treaty Interpretation and the New Haven -- XII. The South West Africa Cases: An Appraisal -- ΧIII. The Sabbatino Litigation and After: The Complexity of the Supreme Court Decision and the Simplicity of the Legislative Epilogue -- XIV. Domestic Courts, International Law, and Foreign Acts of States: Executive Prerogatives and Judicial Imperatives -- PART FOUR. A PLEA FOR SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES OF INQUIRY -- XV. Some New Approaches to the Study of International Law -- XVI. Wolfgang Friedmann -- XVII. Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach -- XVIII. Kenneth S. Carlston -- XIX. The Recently Independent States: A Framework for Systematic Inquiry -- PART FIVE. STRENGTHENING THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER -- XX. Settling Ocean Fishing Conflicts: The Limits of "Law Reform" in a Horizontal Legal Order -- XXI. The Prospects for World Order: Models of the Future -- XXII. The Quest for World Order, and the Vietnam War: A Second American Dilemma -- XXIII. Observations on Political Loyalty at a Time of World Crisis -- APPENDICES -- Index -- Backmatter

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Professor Falk gives special attention to the political setting that shapes international law and to the creation of those intellectual perspectives which would strengthen world order.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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