1st Edition

The Security Council as Global Legislator

Edited By Vesselin Popovski, Trudy Fraser Copyright 2014
350 Pages
by Routledge

350 Pages
by Routledge

350 Pages
by Routledge

Security Council resolutions have undergone an important evolution over the last two decades. While continuing its traditional role of determining state-specific threats to peace and engaging accordingly in various peaceful or coercive measures, the Security Council has also adopted resolutions that have effectively imposed legal obligations on all United Nations member states. This book seeks... Read more

Introduction, VESSELIN POPOVSKI 1. Constitutionalism and the law: evaluating the Security Council, ANTHONY F LANG, JR 2. The coming “Coke Moment”, CHARLES SAMPFORD 3. Parsing Security Council resolutions: a five-dimensional taxonomy of normative properties, HUGH BREAKEY 4. Quis custodiet consilium securitatis? Reflections on the lawmaking powers of the Security Council, JAN WOUTERS and JED ODERMATT 5. A “legislative” evolution: Security Council resolution 1540 revisited, OLIVIA BOSCH 6. Security Council legislation in counter-terrorism, MONIKA HEUPEL 7. Security Council resolutions on Somali piracy, PETER LEHR 8. The Security Council as global executive but not global legislator: the case of child soldiers, NOËLLE QUÉNIVET 9. The Security Council as legislator and norm builder: impacts on efforts to promote the women, peace, and security agenda
ROBERT ZUBER and MELINA LITO 10. Protection of civilians and law-making in the Security Council, HUGH BREAKEY 11. From environmental governance to environmental legislation: the case of climate change at the Security Council, TRUDY FRASER 12. The Security Council and ad hoc tribunals: law and politics, peace and justice, MARTIN J. BURKE and THOMAS G. WEISS, 13. The International Criminal Court and the Security Council
VESSELIN POPOVSKI, 14. Conclusion: the Security Council as global legislator, TRUDY FRASER

 

Biography

Vesselin Popovski is a Senior Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.

Trudy Fraser is a Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.