International institutional law : unity within diversity / by Henry G. Schermers, Niels M. Blokker.

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Participants -- Chapter Three Rules for International Organs -- Chapter Four Policy-Making and Administrative Organs -- Chapter Five Advisory and Supervisory Organs -- Chapter Six Decision-Making Process -- Chapter Seven Financing -- Chapter Eight Legal Order -- Chapter Nine Interpretation and Settlement of Disputes -- Chapter Ten Supervision and Sanctions -- Chapter Eleven Legal Status -- Chapter Twelve External Relations -- Concluding Remarks -- Index.

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the law of public international organizations. This fifth, revised edition of International Institutional Law covers the most recent developments in the field. Although public international organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, ASEAN, the European Union and other organizations have broadly divergent objectives, powers, fields of activity and numbers of member states, they also share a wide variety of institutional problems. Rather than being a handbook for specific organizations, the book offers a comparative analysis of the institutional law of international organizations. It includes comparative chapters on the rules and practices concerning membership, institutional structure, decision-making, financing, legal order, supervision and sanctions, legal status and external relations. The book’s theoretical framework and extensive use of case-studies is designed to appeal to both academics and practitioners. See International Institutional paperback Edition