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The Law of International Organisations, written by Nigel White

The Law of International Organisations, written by Nigel White * PhD, University of Milan; Master in international law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, postdoctoral researcher at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights (University of Helsinki) and guest researcher at iCourts (University of Copenhagen).(Manchester University Press, 3rd ed, 2016).White’s textbook on the law of international organizations was recently published in a third, substantially revised edition. This review will first describe how the new book differs from its predecessor, and will later engage with some of its central themes.Whilst The Law of International Organisations is still divided in ten chapters (as was its first edition), the structure is considerably new. The most visible innovation is the introduction of 22 case studies which accompany the reader throughout the volume. This is a useful improvement, employing a zoom in/zoom out dynamic that allows the author to move nimbly from the general to the context-specific. Every chapter includes at least one (more frequently two or three) focussed discussion on historical facts, reproducing in a concise narrative style the most well-known circumstances in which the law of international organizations developed. These range from a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Organizations Law Review Brill

The Law of International Organisations, written by Nigel White

International Organizations Law Review , Volume 14 (2): 6 – Dec 5, 2017

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1572-3739
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1572-3747
DOI
10.1163/15723747-01402008
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* PhD, University of Milan; Master in international law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, postdoctoral researcher at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights (University of Helsinki) and guest researcher at iCourts (University of Copenhagen).(Manchester University Press, 3rd ed, 2016).White’s textbook on the law of international organizations was recently published in a third, substantially revised edition. This review will first describe how the new book differs from its predecessor, and will later engage with some of its central themes.Whilst The Law of International Organisations is still divided in ten chapters (as was its first edition), the structure is considerably new. The most visible innovation is the introduction of 22 case studies which accompany the reader throughout the volume. This is a useful improvement, employing a zoom in/zoom out dynamic that allows the author to move nimbly from the general to the context-specific. Every chapter includes at least one (more frequently two or three) focussed discussion on historical facts, reproducing in a concise narrative style the most well-known circumstances in which the law of international organizations developed. These range from a

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Published: Dec 5, 2017

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