The World Trade Organization: law, practice, and policy

Mitsuo Matsushita; Thomas J. Schoenbaum; Petros C. Mavroidis

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 2006.

989 pp

Isbn: 978-0-19-928456-6

Topographic: 61511-L

The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This book, written by an outstanding team of WTO law specialists, provides a comprehensive overview of the law and practice of the WTO.

Índice de políticas de integración de inmigrantes

Jan Niessen, Thomas Huddleston, Laura Citron

Geneva: British Council; Migration Policy Group, 2007

191 pp

Topographic: 61451-L

The Migrant Integration Policy Index is a tool for measuring the migrant integration policies in 25 European Union member states and 3 non-EU member countries. The Index employs more than 140 indicators to obtain a richly-detailed, multidimensional view of the opportunities that migrants have to participate in the different European societies.

The Iraq crisis and world order: structural, institutional and normative challenges.

Ramesh Thakur; Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu (eds.)

Tokyo: The United Nations University Press, 2006.

549 pp

Isbn: 92-808-1128-2

Topographic: 61260-L

The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centred world center. It called into question the adequacy of the existing institutions for articulating global norms and enforcing compliance with the demands of the international community.