The UN Security Council and International Law (Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures)

"The UN Security Council and International Law explores the legal powers, limits and potential of the United Nations Security Council, offering a broadly positive (and positivist) account of the Council's work in practice. This book aims to answer questions such as "when are Council decisions binding and on whom?", "what legal constraints exist on Council decision making?" and "how far is the Council bound by international law?". Defining the controlling legal rules and differentiating between what the Council can do, as opposed to what it should do as a matter of policy, this book offers both a tool for assessment of the Council as well as realistic solutions to address its deficiencies, and, most importantly, evaluates its potential for maintaining international peace and security, to the benefit of us all"-- Provided by publisher C 1 04.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 2 05.0_pp_v_viii_Contents 6 06.0_pp_ix_x_Preface 10 07.0_pp_xi_xii_Note_on_Writings 12 08.0_pp_xiii_xiii_Note_on_Documentation_and_References 14 09.0_pp_xiv_xvii_Table_of_Cases 15 10.0_pp_xviii_xx_Abbreviations 19 11.0_pp_1_4_Introduction 22 12.0_pp_5_27_The_Legal_Nature_of_the_Security_Council 26 13.0_pp_28_58_Decisions_of_the_Security_Council 49 14.0_pp_59_69_The_Powers_of_the_Security_Council 80 15.0_pp_70_89_Limits_on_the_Powers_of_the_Security_Council 91 16.0_pp_90_115_The_Security_Council_and_Measures_Not_Involving_the_Use_of_Force 111 17.0_pp_116_135_The_Security_Council_and_the_Use_of_Force 137 18.0_pp_136_157_The_Security_Council_International_Organizations_and_the_Use_of_Force 157 19.0_pp_158_180_The_Security_Council_and_the_International_Court_of_Justice 179 20.0_pp_181_194_The_Contribution_of_the_Security_Council_to_the_Development_of_International_Law 202 21.0_pp_195_200_Conclusion 216 22.0_pp_201_213_Bibliography 222 23.0_pp_214_230_Index 235