Martin Reichard, The EU–NATO Relationship: A Legal and Political Perspective. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2006. 428 pages. ISBN 0-7546-4759-5. GBP 65. The process of Western European integration after the Second World War was characterised by an institutional and substantive division of labour. During the Cold War years, NATO provided the principal forum for cooperation in military
Kirsten Schmalenbach, Die Haftung Internationaler Organisationen im Rahmen von Militäreinsätzen und Territorialverwaltungen (Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2004) ISBN 3-631-51380-1 (hbk), EUR 95.00 (hbk), 658pp. States increasingly entrust the conduct of military operations and the administration of territory to international organisations. Even when they take place under peaceful conditions, military operations and territorial administrations of
Protecting Civilians: The Obligations of Peacekeepers. By SIOBHÁN WILLS. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953387-9 (hb.) £60.00. Peacekeeping as an instrument of international peace and security has been around for a considerable period of time. Leaving aside its early manifestations before the Second World War, peacekeeping under the collective security system of the United
Martin Trybus and Nigel D. White (Eds.), European Security Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. 400 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-921862-2. GBP 60. The purpose of this volume is to provide an analysis of the EU’s evolving legal framework and competences in security and defence matters following the launch of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
Rosanne van Alebeek, The Immunities of States and their Officials in International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 500 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-923247-5. GBP 72.95. One of the key controversies of international law at its present stage of development concerns the relationship between norms conferring jurisdictional immunities on States and
Jan Wouters, André Nollkaemper and Erika de Wet (eds), The Europeanisation of International Law: The Status of International Law in the EU and its Member States. The Hague: TMC Asser Press, 2008. 260 pages. ISBN 978-90-6704-285-7. GBP 53. The volume under review considers the relationship between international law and European law through the perspective of
International Law Aspects of the EU's Security and Defence Policy, With a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict by Frederik Naert [Antwerp: Intersentia, 2010. xxviii + 682pp. Hard cover. ISBN 978-90-5095-771-7. Price €125] Over the past decade, the EU has gradually established itself as an increasingly active and capable contributor to international peace
