Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

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. It examines both the implementation of sanctions by major powers – the United States, the European Union, and Japan – as well as assessing the impact of those sanctions through case studies of Russia, Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Balancing theoretical analysis of legal considerations with national and regional level empirical analysis, it also includes coverage of sanctions issues by the UN Security Council and the EU, as well as the extraterritorial application of sanctions. A valuable reference for academics and practitioners, __Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice__ will be useful to those working in the fields of international law, diplomacy, and international political economy. Provoding 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. It examines both the implementation of sanctions by major powers – the United States, the European Union, and Japan – as well as assessing the impact of those sanctions through case studies of Russia, Iran, Syria, and North Korea. Balancing theoretical analysis of legal considerations with national and regional level empirical analysis, it also includes coverage of sanctions issues by the UN Security Council and the EU, as well as the extraterritorial application of sanctions. A valuable reference for academics and practitioners, Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice will be useful to those working in the fields of international law, diplomacy, and international political economy. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Title 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of tables 8 Notes on the contributors 9 Preface 13 PART I Legal considerations 16 1 Definition and legal justification of sanctions 18 2 United Nations and sanctions 39 3 Human rights implications of sanctions 54 4 Legality of extraterritorial sanctions 77 PART II Implementation of sanctions 96 5 History of implementation of sanctions 98 6 Implementation of sanctions: United States 108 7 Implementation of sanctions: European Union 131 8 Implementation of sanctions: Japan 151 PART III Case studies 170 9 North Korea: Design, implementation, and evasion 172 10 Iran: The role and effectiveness of UN sanctions 193 11 Syria: The chemical weapons question and autonomous sanctions 215 12 Russia: The Crimea question and autonomous sanctions 238 Index 259 "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. It examines both the implementation of sanctions by major powers -the United States, European Union and Japan - as well as assessing the impact of those sanctions through case studies of Russia, Iran, Syria and North Korea. Balancing theoretical analysis of legal considerations with national and regional level empirical analysis, it also includes coverage of sanctions issues by the UN Security Council and the EU, as well as the extraterritorial application of sanctions. A valuable reference for academics and practitioners, Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice will be useful to those working in the fields of international law, diplomacy, and international political economy"-- Provided by publisher