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ABOUT THE BOOK

This book provides an introductory overview of the law of international institutions, covering the major organizations and explaining their role and governing law. *Covers all the major global, regional and judicial institutions such as the UN, the IMF, the WTO, the ICJ, the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea, the ICC and the ICTs as well as the EU and Council of Europe. *Includes coverage of International organizations that regulate aspects of development such as: environmental, administrative, judicial, trade, economic or criminal. *Split into three parts, part one describes the global institutions and then the regional institutions, part two addresses the various functions of international organizations and part three considers the four sets of common institutional problems.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PHILLIPPE SANDS Q.C. ; Professor of law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals, University College London; and PIERRE KLEIN - Professor of International law and Director of the Centre of International Law.

Table of Contents 

1. General Introduction

Part 1: Overview of Existing International Institutions

2. The United Nations

3. UN Specialized Agencies

4. Other Autonomous Organisations

5. Regional Institutions : Introduction

6. European Organisations

7. The Americas and the Caribbean

8. Asia

9. The Middle East

10. Africa

Part 2. The Functions of International Organisations 

11. "Legislative or Normative Function

12. " Executive" and Administrative Functions

13. Judicial and Quasi-judicial Function

Part 3. Common Institutional Problems

14. Law Governing The activities of International Organisations

15. Legal Personality

16. Membership and Representation of Members 

17. Financial Aspects