Collective security law / edited by Nigel D. White.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The place of law in collective security / Martti Koskenniemi -- Diplomacy / Hans J. Morgenthau -- The covenant and the charter / J.L. Brierly -- The role of law and legal considerations in the functioning of the United Nations / V.S. Mani -- The legitimacy of the collective authority of the Security Council / David D. Caron -- Does the United Nations Security Council have the competency to act as court and legislature? / Keith Harper -- The police in the temple: order, justice, and the UN: a dialectical view / Martti Koskenniemi -- The legality of bombing in the name of humanity / N.D. White -- The "inherent" powers of the UN Secretary-General in the political sphere: a legal analysis / Roberto Lavalle -- Judging the Security Council / Jose E. Alvarez -- The role of the International Court of Justice in the maintenance of international peace / Dapo Akande --

Boom and bust? The changing nature of UN peacekeeping / David M. Malone and Karin Wermester -- The applicability of international law standards to United Nations economic sanctions programmes / W. Michael Reisman and Douglas L. Stevick -- The United Nations system: a place for criminal courts? / Colin Warbrick -- United Nations law in the Gulf Conflict / Oscar Schachter -- Bypassing the Security Council: ambiguous authorizations to use force, cease-fires, and the Iraqi inspection regime / Jules Lobel and Michael Ratner -- NATO, the UN, and the use of force: legal aspects / Bruno Simma -- Security Council control over regional action / Christian Walter -- The search for subsidiarity: the UN, African regional organizations, and humanitarian action / David O'Brien.