The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances

Can torture be justified in remarkable situations? during this well timed paintings, Michelle Farrell asks how and why this question has develop into this sort of vital debate. She argues that the ticking bomb state of affairs is a fiction which blinds us to the truth of torture and investigates what it really is that that situation fails to symbolize.

Learning and Governance in the EU Policy Making Process (Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books)

This book takes inventory of studying theories within the ecu Union (EU) integration literature and assesses what insights the concept that of ‘learning’ has additional to our realizing of the ecu integration procedures. Given the eu integration dynamics on account that 2000 (including expansion and new governance methods and instruments), studying and learning-related theories have won significant european value.

Southeast Asia and the European Union: Non-traditional security crises and cooperation (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)

Amidst the Eurozone situation, the eu Union (EU) is stepping up its discussion and engagement with and inside Southeast Asia. The EU’s modern technique in the direction of Asia emphasises the significance of open economies and customary demanding situations of the twenty first Century. So-called non-traditional safety concerns were portrayed more and more as an street to percentage reports and improve cooperation among the european and Southeast Asia.

International Trade Agreements Before Domestic Courts: Lessons from the EU and Brazilian Experiences

This ebook addresses the position of household courts within the enforcement of overseas alternate agreements through studying the reviews of Brazilian and the ecu Union courts. This comparative examine analyzes the variations, similarities and results of Brazilian and ecu courts’ judgements when it comes to the WTO agreements, that have “direct impression” in Latin American rising economies, yet now not within the eu Union or different built nations.