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In our globalised world the sources and actors of international law are many and its growth prolific and disorderly. International law governs the actions of states on matters as long-established as diplomatic immunity or as recent as the War on Terror, and it now impacts upon the lives of ordinary citizens in areas as diverse as banking and investment, public health and the protection of the environment. In this accessible introduction Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet explains the latest developments in international law in the light of its history and culture, presenting it as an instrument both for dominance and for change that adjusts and balances the three pillars of the United Nations Charter: the prohibition of the use of force; economic, social and sustainable development; and human rights.

International law --- Droit international --- International law. --- LAW / International. --- Law / international. --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law

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Libérée de la tutelle athénienne en 314 avant notre ère, dans les remaniements géopolitiques qui marquent les débuts de la période hellénistique dans le monde égéen, Délos construit peu à peu son indépendance politique et économique. La communauté des Déliens redéfinit au cours des e et e siècles la place centrale que l'île n'a cessé d'occuper dans les circulations économiques, financières et culturelles de la Méditerranée. Cette étude s'appuie principalement sur les sources épigraphiques comptables, plus de cinq cents comptes et inventaires gravés qui furent exposés dans le sanctuaire d'Apollon, mais aussi sur les sources numismatiques et les vestiges archéologiques du front de mer, pour réenvisager la question de la place de Délos dans l'économie hellénistique. Loin d'être une exception à écarter des séries, la documentation délienne est le révélateur de situations économiques égéennes et témoigne des capacités des communautés grecques à s'adapter au changement dans des époques troublées. Derrière les chiffres gravés sur la pierre apparaissent des communautés humaines et des sociétés dont les activités économiques éclairent d'un jour nouveau l'histoire de cette partie de la Méditerranée. Freed from Athenian guardianship in 314 BCE, at a time of geopolitical changes which marked the beginnings of the Hellenistic period in the Aegean world, Delos gradually built up its political and economic independence. The Delian community redefined, during the third and second centuries, the central place that the island had constantly occupied in the economic, financial and cultural flows of the Mediterranean. This study is mainly based on epigraphic accounting sources, including more than five hundred accounts and engraved inventories that were visible in the sanctuary of Apollo, but also on numismatic sources and archaeological remains on the seafront, in order to re-consider the question of Delos' place in the Hellenistic economy. Far from being an exception to be excluded..

Finance, Public --- Monetary policy --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Comptables --- Commerce --- Politique monétaire --- Accounting. --- History. --- Sanctuary of Apollo (Delos Island, Greece) --- Delos Island (Greece) --- Greece --- Grèce --- Délos (ville ancienne) --- Economic conditions. --- Antiquities. --- Economic conditions --- Sanctuaire d'Apollon. --- Politique monétaire --- Grèce --- Délos (ville ancienne)

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Is international law universal? Can it be anything else than the will of the actors who are able to impose on others their values and interests? Beyond the strategic objectives that can be pursued? by a lawyer pleading before a court, a state representative operating in an international organization or addressing the general public, an author seeking recognition, or a citizen interested in the law? since international law cannot be interpreted objectively, can it at least be interpreted in a convincing and well-argued way? These are the questions that underlie this book, which, following a critical approach, emphasizes the profound ambivalence of international law.00International law appears to be torn between, on the one hand, the pursuit of a universalist ideal of justice and peace, and, on the other, the need to deal with power relations in a political context. From this perspective, it would be futile to claim to establish, and even less?to discover?, one single?correct? interpretation of legal rules such as, for example, the right to self- determination, the principle of non-intervention or the prohibition of genocide. It is however possible to provide an overview of the main debates among states, other international actors or among legal scholars relating to the interpretation of the main rules of international law. In the book, these debates will be illustrated by references borrowed from popular culture and, in particular, from music and films.

International law --- Droit international --- Interpretation and construction --- Interprétation --- Droit international.