Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781032085746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

Masahiko Asada

Opis

Providing perspectives from a range of experts, including international lawyers, political scientists and practitioners, this book assesses current theory and practice of economic sanctions, discussing current legal and political challenges faced by the international community.

Spis treści

PART I: Legal considerations. 1 Definition and legal justification of sanctions. 2 United Nations and sanctions. 3 Human rights implications of sanctions. 4 Legality of extraterritorial sanctions. PART II: Implementation of sanctions. 5 History of implementation of sanctions. 6 Implementation of sanctions: United States. 7 Implementation of sanctions: European Union. 8 Implementation of sanctions: Japan. PART III: Case studies. 9 North Korea: Design, implementation, and evasion. 10 Iran: The role and effectiveness of UN sanctions. 11 Syria: The chemical weapons question and autonomous sanctions. 12 Russia: The Crimea question and autonomous sanctions.

O autorze

Masahiko Asada is Professor of International Law at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, Japan, and President of the Japanese Society of International Law.