Showing papers on "Public international law published in 1979"

The world system and world trade: an empirical exploration of conceptual conflicts; the influence of the religious factor on civil and sacred tolerance, 1958-1971; international trade and domestic development in the world system

Abstract: Within the growing number of analysts who employ the world system perspective on national development, theoretical disagreements have evolved which may only be settled by examination of available d...

UNCLOS III and the new international economic order

Abstract: The New International Economic Order has become an all pervasive issue in contemporary international relations and is being discussed, debated, and considered in a number of international organizations and negotiations. Representatives of the Third World have demanded under its banner significant changes in the world's political and economic structure. It is in this context that the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea has been meeting. This study focuses upon the protracted negotiations on seabed mining and seeks to relate continuing North‐South differences to broader trends in international relations. It examines, in light of pressures for a New International Economic Order, disagreements relative to: a) access to seabed resources, b) the resource and commodity policy of the proposed International Sea‐Bed Authority, c) financial arrangements for deep seabed mining, d) transfer of technology, and e) the organizational structure of the International Sea‐Bed Authority.

The Origins of International Economic Disorder: A Study of United States International Monetary Policy from World War II to the Present:

Abstract: Contemporary Sociology 8(3) (May 1979):441—42. Fred Block has written an outstanding book, a major contribution to modern sociological inquiry. Leapfrogging over contemporary excursions into number crunching and concept mongering, Block has planted his roots firmly in the tradition of thinkers like Joseph Schumpeter and Karl Polanyi. The result is an investigation into the effects that the international order, particularly the international monetary system, can have on domestic social organization. At a time when inflation has led to the disintegration of a harmonious social order in the United States, one would think that a prime concern of sociologists would be to examine the causes of inflation. At a time when unemployment has become a permanent feature of American life, and with it pervasive social decay, one would think that the causes of unemployment would cry out for attention by sociologists. At a time when the whole international economic system is in disarray, such that events in the Middle East can have immediate ramifications in the Middle West, a concern with international economics would seem to be imperative for modern sociology. Yet, there are few books that treat these issues in a rigorous way, which is why Block’s effort is so significant. Between 1944 and 1946, a world order was created that seemed genuinely international but was actually under the domination of the United States. As they first created and then managed this order, U.S. policy makers faced a number of contradictions. If they kept trade free, they risked unemployment at home. If they devaluated the dollar to stimulate exports, they risked inflation. If they sought to rearm both their own country and Europe against the Soviet Union, they risked a balance of trade deficit. In short, American policy makers faced a choice: either they created a genuine international order, in which case the U.S. would have to forego some of its autonomy, or they opted for U.S. autonomy, in which case the international system would never, in fact, be international. For most of the postwar period, U.S. policy makers essentially fudged this issue. They attempted to use the threat of the Soviet Union to create a system in which European recovery would enable the world to absorb excess American products. Such an approach was remarkably shortsighted, for all it did was push to a later period the inherent flaws in the international system. When the period of rapid economic growth slowed down in the 1960s, the chaos and imbalances that were set in motion at Bretton Woods were revealed for all to see. Block’s book is an attempt to tell the story of how the order created in the 1940s both came into being and then fell apart. The story has been told many times, mostly by economists and increasingly by historians. The significance of the

International Aggression: A Study of the Legal Concept - Its Development and Definition in International Law

Abstract: International aggression : a study of the legal concept: its development and definition in international law

Immunity from Execution of Foreign States in Belgian Law

Abstract: Of all the issues of public international law, the position of foreign states in national courts is the one to which Belgian practice has made the most specific contribution.

International Boundary Disputes and International Law.

Abstract: a recent book by I. I. Lukashuk of Kiev which introduces elements of systems theory to explain the interrelationship between international law and the international order, and he places this in the context of increasing flexibility and innovation in Soviet thought. On the other hand, A. M. Connelly's paper, written in support of comparative intertemporal studies in the history of international law, goes little beyond identifying comparable international legal systems that existed before and outside the modern system, and the growing literature about them.