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The American Society of International Law's First Century, 1906-2006

Foreword, List of Illustrations, Preface, Chapter One The Formative Years, Chapter Two Adapting to a New World, Chapter Three Looking Forward in the Twenties, Chapter Four The Years Leading to World War II, Chapter Five War Years Again, Chapter Six The Immediate Post-War Years, Chapter Seven The Society in the Fifties, Chapter Eight A New Beginning, Chapter Nine Building on the New Foundation in a Time of National Turmoil, Chapter Ten A Change of Emphasis, Chapter Eleven Persevering During Lean Years, Chapter Twelve An External Focus at the End of the Cold War, Chapter Thirteen Infrastructure for Expanded Outreach, Chapter Fourteen Approaching and Celebrating the Centennial, Appendix A, The Original Constitution of the American Society of International Law, Appendix B, Prospectus (1906), Appendix C, ASIL Presidents, Appendix D, Manley O. Hudson Medal Recipients, Appendix E, Certificate of Merit Recipients, Appendix F, Goler T. Butcher Medal Recipients, Appendix G, Honorary Members, Index.

The Formative Years of the American Society of International Law

The United States at the dawn of the twentieth century was just beginning to comprehend the influence it could have on the international scene. It had no desire to become involved in the European power politics that had produced, in the lifetimes of many Americans then living, the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War and the essentially European Boer War in South Africa. Nevertheless, a distinct strain of expansionism could be found in American foreign policy. The belief was stirring in those concerned to establish a nonviolent world order that the interaction of nation-states would benefit from exposure to American values, American economic dynamism and the lessons to be drawn from the American federal experience. This belief, combined with a deep aversion to what was seen as essentially a European proclivity for settling disputes by resort to war, motivated some of the more influential participants in the American peace movement. That movement, in turn, gave birth to the American Society of International Law.

Decision-Making in the UN Security Council: The Case of Haiti, 1990-1997.@@@The United Nations and the Development of Collective Security: The Delegation by the UN Security Council of Its Chapter VII Powers.

Introduction 1. The General Legal Framework Governing the Process of a Delegation by the UN Security Council of its Chapter VII Powers I. The Nature of the Process of a Delegation of Chapter VII Powers II. The General Competence of the Security Council to Delegate its Chapter VII Powers III. Limitations on the General Competence of the Security Council to Delegate its Chapter VII Powers IV. The ICJ and the Justiciability of a Delegation of Chapter VII Powers 2. The Delegation of Powers to the UN Secretary-General I. The Competence of the Council to Delegate Chapter VII Powers to the Secretary-General II. The Legal Framework Governing the Exercise of Delegated Chapter VII Powers by the Secretary-General III. The Practice of the Secretary-General in Exercising Delegated Chapter VII Powers 3. The Delegation of Powers to UN Subsidiary Organs I. UN Subsidiary Organs: Issues of Definition II. The Authority of UN Principal Organs to Establish Subsidiary Organs: the Competence of the Council to Delegate Chapter VII Powers to Subsidiary Organs III. Preconditions for the Lawful Establishment of UN Subsidiary Organs 4. The Legal Framework Governing the Delegation of Powers to UN Member States I. The Competence of the Council to Delegate Chapter VII Powers to UN member States II. Limitations on the Competence of the Council to Delegate Chapter VII Powers to Member States III. Responsibility for the Acts of A Force Carrying Out UN Authorised Military Enforcement Action 5. The Delegation of Powers to UN Member States I. A Delegation of Powers to Counter a Use of Force by a State or Entities Within a State II. A Delegation of Powers to Carry Out a Naval Interdiction III. A Delegation of Powers to Achieve Humanitarian Objectives IV. A Delegation of Powers to Enforce a Council Declared No-Fly Zone: The Case of Iraq V. A Delegation of Powers to Ensure Implementation by Parties of an Agreement which The Council Has Deemed is Necessary for the Maintainance or Restoration of Peace 6. The Delegation of Powers to Regional Arrangements I. The Competence of the Council to Delegate Chapter VII Powers to Regional Arrangements II. The Delegation of Powers to NATO III. The Policy of Delegating Chapter VII Powers to Regional Arrangements 7. Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index