Constructing the powers of international institutions / By Viljam Engström.
2012
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Constructing the powers of international institutions / By Viljam Engström.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff Publishers, 2012.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 214 pages).
Series
Erik Castrén Institute monographs on international law and human rights ; 14.
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN ; 9789004223264.
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN ; 9789004223264.
Formatted Contents Note
Preliminary Material
Introducing the Question of Powers
Powers as a Way of Imaging Organizations
Powers - A Debate Between Familiar Adversaries
On the Inherent Ambiguity of Powers Claims
Structuring the Question of Powers
Constitutionalism as a Framework for Debating Powers
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index.
Introducing the Question of Powers
Powers as a Way of Imaging Organizations
Powers - A Debate Between Familiar Adversaries
On the Inherent Ambiguity of Powers Claims
Structuring the Question of Powers
Constitutionalism as a Framework for Debating Powers
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index.
Summary
The scope of powers of international institutions has always been surrounded by a sense of ambiguity. This has its source in the nature of the two main legal tools with which to construct powers; the doctrines of attributed/conferred powers and implied powers. This book illustrates the function of the two doctrines in a discourse on powers. Special attention is also paid to the move to a constitutional vocabulary as a way of transcending the dichotomy at the heart of diverging constructions of powers. Constitutionalization claims, the book argues, can be reproductions of different images of the proper extent of powers. The book is a reminder of the political nature of any construction of powers of international institutions.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-211) and index.
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Available in Other Form
Print version: Constructing the Powers of International Institutions Leiden, Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2012,
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Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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Alternate Title
Brill Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online
Language
English
ISBN
9789004220317 (electronic book)
9789004220300 (print)
9789004220300 (print)
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