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Overview
The book's major findings arise from an analysis of scholarly work, supported by examples from five different case studies. Drawing insights from legal as well as political science, it will be a valuable resource for students, academics and policy makers in international law, international relations and related areas.Synopsis
While there has been significant attention paid in the literature to the international law of unilateral self-help by states (from embargos and sanctions to military measures) and to state self- constraint through submission to multilateral means of dispute settlement, according to the author there has been little work on the relationship between the two. Drawing on legal concepts and concepts from political science, he seeks to analyze the lawfulness of self- help vis-a-vis international obligations to settle disputes by consensual means. He discusses the objectives, mechanisms, and normative modalities of self-help and the content and limits of dispute settlement mechanisms as specific forms of self-constraint. Finally, he argues that self-help and self-constraint merge in such self-contained normative regimes as the European Union and the World Trade Organization. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR