Economic sanctions and international law : law and practice / / edited by Matthew Happold and Paul Eden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511351803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4742-0162-8; 1-78225-472-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 301 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Studies in international law ; ; v. 62
• Classificazione: 08.16.00.16
• Disciplina: 341.5/82
• Soggetti: Economic sanctions; Sanctions (International law)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical and index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Economic sanctions and international law: an introduction -- Matthew Happold -- Sanctions and fundamental rights of states--the case of EU sanctions against Iran and Syria -- Alexander Orakhelashvili -- Unilateral European sanctions as countermeasures--the case of the EU measures against Iran -- Pierre-Emmanuel Dupont -- State reactions to illegal sanctions -- Richard Kelly and Matthew Hamlyn, Antonios Tzanakopoulos -- Targeted sanctions and human rights -- Matthew Happold -- UN smart sanctions and the UN declaration on the rule of law -- Clemens A Feinugle -- United Nations targeted sanctions, human rights and the office of the ombudsperson -- Paul Eden -- Sanctions cases in the European courts -- Luca Pantaleo -- United States sanctions--delisting applications, judicial review and secret evidence -- Rachel Barnes -- Sanctions and commercial law -- Penelope Nevill.
• Sommario/riassunto: "In recent years sanctions have become an increasingly popular tool of foreign policy, not only at the multilateral level (at the UN), but also regionally (the EU in particular) and unilaterally. The nature of the measures imposed has also changed: from comprehensive sanctions regimes (discredited since Iraq in the 1990s) to 'targeted' or 'smart' sanctions, directed at specific individuals or entities (through asset freezes and travel bans) or prohibiting particular activities (arms ; embargoes and export prohibitions). Bringing together scholars, government and private practitioners, Economic Sanctions and International Law provides an overview of recent developments and an analysis of the problems that they have engendered. Chapters examine the contemporary practice of the various actors, and the legality (or otherwise) of their activities. Issues considered include the human rights of persons targeted, and the mechanisms established to challenge their listing; as well as, in cases of sanctions imposed by regional organisations and individual states, the rights of third States and their nationals. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of international law and politics."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Web campaigning / / Kirsten A. Foot and Steven M. Schneider

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786393903321
• Autore: Foot Kirsten A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006
• ISBN: 0-262-26274-6; 0-262-25614-2; 1-282-09631-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Collana: Acting with technology
• Altri autori (Persone): SchneiderSteven M
• Disciplina: 324.70285/4678
• Soggetti: Political campaigns - United States - Computer network resources; Internet in political campaigns - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Digital Resource; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1 Web Campaigning: Introduction and Overview; 2 Tracing Practices within a Web Sphere; 3 Informing; 4 Involving; 5 Connecting; 6 Mobilizing; 7 Explaining the Adoption of Web Campaigning Practices; 8 Web Campaigning: Implications and Trajectory; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "The use of the Web in U.S. political campaigns has developed dramatically over the course of the last several election seasons. In Web ; Campaigning, Kirsten Foot and Steven Schneider examine the evolution of campaigns' Web practices, based on hundreds of campaign Web sites produced by a range of political actors during the U.S. elections of 2000, 2002, and 2004. Their developmental analyses of how and why campaign organizations create specific online structures illuminates the reciprocal relationship between these production practices and the structures of both the campaign organization and the electoral arena. This practice-based approach and the focus on campaigns as Web producers make the book a significant methodological and theoretical contribution to both science and technology studies and political communication scholarship. Foot and Schneider explore the inherent tension between the desire of campaigns to maintain control over messages and resources and the generally decentralizing dynamic of Web-based communication. They analyze specific strategies by which campaigns mitigate this, examining the ways that the production techniques, coproducing Web content, online-offline convergence, and linking to other Web sites mediate the practices of informing, involving, connecting, and mobilizing supporters. Their conclusions about the past decade's trajectory of Web campaigning point the way to a political theory of technology and a technologically grounded theory of electoral politics. A digital installation available on the web illustrates core concepts discussed in the text of the book with examples drawn from archived campaign Web sites. Users have the opportunity to search these concepts in the context of fully operational campaign sites, recreating the Web experience of users during the election periods covered in the book."