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Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
UNDOC, Current Index
Author: Cynical International Law?
Author: Björnstjern BaadePublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3662621282
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Analysing international law through the prism of “cynicism” makes it possible to look beyond overt disregard for international law, currently discussed in terms of a backlash or crisis. The concept allows to analyse and criticise structural features and specific uses of international law that seem detrimental to international law in a more subtle way. Unlike its ancient predecessor, cynicism nowadays refers not to a bold critique of power but to uses and abuses of international law that pursue one-sided interests tacitly disregarding the legal structure applied. From this point of view, the contributions critically reflect on the theoretical foundations of international law, in particular its relationship to power, actors such as the International Law Commission and international judges, and specific fields, including international human rights, humanitarian, criminal, tax and investment law.
United Nations Documents Index
Author: Our Common Future
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780195531916
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A Peace of Timbuktu
Author: Robin PoultonPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This publication offers an account of the unfolding of political and civilian conflict in Mali and the efforts to contain it, and an analysis of which efforts to restore peace were effective and why. It also examines the role of the international community, especially the United Nations, in helping the Malian Government to restore peace and to re-integrate its disaffected populations and refugees back into civilian life.--Publisher's description.
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Author: Marina BelozerskayaPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892367857
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
National Security Concepts of States
Author: Julio César CarasalesPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A History of UNESCO
Author: Fernando Valderrama MartínezPublisher: Unesco
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
This history of UNESCO retraces almost 50 years in the life of the international organization, whose action in fields such as education, science, culture and communication have been at the heart of changes since World War II.
“The” French Revolution
Author: Hippolyte TainePublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris
Author: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
A biography of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) by his granddaughter, making extensive use of his letters and diary.