Constructing the Powers of International Institutions
Constructing the Powers of International Institutions:
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1. Verfasser: Engström, Viljam (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden BRILL 2012
Schriftenreihe:Erik Castrén Institute monographs on international law and human rights
Schlagworte:
LAW / International
Implied powers (Constitutional law)
International agencies
International law
Power (Social sciences)
Sovereignty
Internationales Recht
Macht
Souveränität
Implied powers
Internationale Organisation
Hochschulschrift
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Beschreibung:Constructing the Powers ofInternational Institutions; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; INTRODUCING THE QUESTION OF POWERS; 1.1. An Evergreen or Ignored Subject?; 1.2. 'A Power' vis-à-vis 'Power'; 1.3. Who Can Possess Powers?; 1.4. Struggling to Define Powers; 1.4.1. Disagreeing on Correct Power; 1.4.2. Disagreeing on Extent of Powers; 1.4.3. Disagreeing on Extent of Consent; 1.4.4. Disagreeing on Who Determines the Extent of Powers; 1.5. The Aim of the Book; CHAPTER TWO; POWERS AS A WAY OF IMAGING ORGANIZATIONS; 2.1. The Idea of Attributed Powers
2.1.1. Early Powers. Organizations as Standing Conferences2.1.2. Attributed Powers as Independence; 2.1.3. Using Attribution to Limit Powers; 2.2. The Idea of Implied Powers; 2.2.1. Implied Powers as Institutional Efffectiveness; 2.2.2. Implied Powers as 'Competence Creep'; 2.3. Shifting Ideologies and the Interpretation of Powers; CHAPTER THREE; POWERS -- A DEBATE BETWEEN FAMILIAR ADVERSARIES; 3.1. Powers as A Manifestation of Autonomy; 3.1.1. Constituting Organizations; 3.1.2. Extreme Hegemony? The Idea of Inherent Powers; 3.2. Tracing Member Preferences
3.2.1. Looking for the Source of International Obligations3.2.2. Locating Member Consent; 3.3. A Dual Image of Organizations; CHAPTER FOUR; ON THE INHERENT AMBIGUITY OF POWERS CLAIMS; 4.1. The Elusiveness of Implied Powers; 4.1.1. Implied Powers or Implied Functions?; 4.1.2. Diffferent Expressions of a Functional Character; 4.1.3. The 'Problem' with Functional Necessity Claims; 4.2 The Attributed Character of all Powers; 4.2.1. Attribution by Treaty; 4.2.2. Attribution by Implication; 4.3. On the Use(lessness) of the Attributed and ImpliedPowers Doctrines; CHAPTER FIVE.
STRUCTURING THE QUESTION OF POWERS5.1. Looking for Guidance in the Constituent Instrument; 5.1.1. On the Limiting Efffect of the Express Wording; 5.1.2. Safeguarding Member Prerogatives; 5.2. Looking for Guidance in Principles of Interpretation; 5.3. Changing the Framework of Debate; 5.3.1. From Powers as Evidence of a Constitutional Character ... ; 5.3.2. ... To Powers as an Issue of Constitutionalization; 5.4. The Promise of Constitutionalism; CHAPTER SIX; CONSTITUTIONALISM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR DEBATING POWERS; 6.1. On the Nature of Constitutional Claims
6.1.1. Identifying Elements of Constitutionalization6.1.2. On the Many Meanings of Legitimacy; 6.2. Formal Constitutionalism as Empowerment and Restraint; 6.2.1. Claiming Efff?iciency Gains; 6.2.2. A Critique of Judicial Efffectiveness; 6.3 Substantive Constitutionalism as Empowermentand Restraint; 6.3.1. Democratization as a Precondition for Efffectiveness; 6.3.2 Questioning the Idea of Democratic Legitimation; 6.4. Speaking Constitutionalism; CHAPTER SEVEN; CONCLUDING REMARKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
The book illustrates the function of legal doctrines in a discourse on the extent of powers of international institutions, and questions whether a move to a constitutional vocabulary can transcend the dichotomy at the heart of diverging constructions of powers
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