The Black Book

The Black Book
Author: Meera Kaura Patel
Publisher: Universal Law Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011
Genre: Citation of legal authorities
ISBN: 9788175349933

The Law and Practice of the United Nations

The Law and Practice of the United Nations
Author: Benedetto Conforti†
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2016-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004318534

The Law and Practice of the United Nations examines the law of the United Nations through an analysis of the Organization’s practice from its inception until the present, in particular to the transformations the UN has undergone since the end of the Cold War. Special consideration is given to Chapter VII of the UN Charter and its interpretation, the United Nations’ membership and organs’ competences, along with the peaceful settlement of disputes, and coercive action for the maintenance of international peace and security. In addition, this important new edition explores such areas as general and smart sanctions, peacekeeping, authorizations of the Security Council, territorial administrations, self-determination, human rights, financing of the Organization, acts adoptable by the UN organs, and a review of their legality. Offering a fully revised and updated analysis of the main legal issues surrounding the United Nations’ practice, The Law and Practice of the United Nations will be of interest to all those involved with legal issues surrounding the United Nations, the analysis of said issues, and their impacts on international practice

Annual Survey of African Law Cb

Annual Survey of African Law Cb
Author: E. Cotran
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136271686

First published in 1973. This is volume 3 1969, of the Annual Survey of African Law. It includes papers, articles and discussions that are split into sections on Commonwealth African countries and Francophonic African Countries, and other African countries, as well as a listing of cases and statutes.

Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food

Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food
Author: Joanna Bourke Martignoni
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2022-09-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 100068816X

This volume explores agricultural commercialization from a gender equality and right to food perspective. Agricultural commercialization, involving not only the shift to selling crops and buying inputs but also the commodification of land and labour, has always been controversial. Strategies for commercialization have often reinforced and exacerbated inequalities, been blind to gender differences and given rise to violations of the human rights to food, land, work and social security. While there is a body of evidence to trace these developments globally, impacts vary considerably in local contexts. This book systematically considers these dynamics in two countries, Cambodia and Ghana. Profoundly different in terms of their history and location, they provide the basis for fruitful comparisons because they both transitioned to democracy in the early 1990s, made agricultural development a priority, and adopted orthodox policies of commercialization to develop the sector. Chapters illustrate how commercialization processes are gendered, highlighting distinctive gender, ethnic and class dynamics in rural Ghana and Cambodia and the different outcomes these generate. They also show the ways in which food cultures are changing and the often-problematic impact of these changes on the safety and quality of food. Specific policies and legal norms are examined, with chapters addressing the development and implementation of frameworks on the right to food and land administration. Overall, the volume brings into relief multiple dimensions shaping the outcomes of processes of commercialization, including gender orders, food cultures, policy translation, national and sub-national policies, corporate investments and programmes, and formal and informal legal norms. In doing so, it offers insight not only on our case countries, but also provides proposals to advance rights-based research on food security. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food security, agricultural development and economics, gender, human rights and sustainable development.

Bringing the Law Back In

Bringing the Law Back In
Author: Patrick McAuslan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 135175341X

This title was first published in 2003. Bringing together the two fields of land reform and law, this volume examines the role the law and lawyers can, should, and do play in developing countries in the evolution of land policies, in land tenure reform, and in the reform of land use and urban planning. Providing both a theoretical and practical perspective it discusses the role of law in both urban land reform, concentrating on reforms in land use and town and country planning law and general national land reform, looking at specific case studies and at more general themes. It provides a coherent set of ideas and philosophies about land reform through the medium of law, which have been developed through reflection and action over a considerable period of time.

Ghana

Ghana
Author: Kwame Boafo-Arthur
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1848136854

Ghana has witnessed a 'revolution through the ballot box', since its return to constitutional rule in 1993. Yet this period of sustained democratic government in an era of globalization and liberal triumphalism has brought with it new demands. How has Ghana faced up to the problems of institution-building, state-market relations and democratic leadership? Can it deal with the challenges posed by security, human rights and foreign policy in the twenty-first century? This unique collection interrogates all these issues and assesses the future of the democratic experiment in one of sub-Saharan Africa's rare 'islands of peace'. In doing so, it provides an invaluable guide to Ghana's political past, present and future.