Building Pragmatic Utopias: The “Other” Security Council, International Law, and the United Nations Dream
Year: 2018
Author: Deplano, Rossana
German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 60 (2018), Iss. 1 : pp. 607–636
Abstract
This article revisits certain aspects of the foundational idea of international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations. By providing an empirically grounded analysis of the use of international law by the Security Council, the article aims at redesigning the breadth, scope, and limits of the United Nations utopian mission of creating a world without war. An argument is made that despite significant legal and political limitations, the United Nations is delivering an increasingly humanised type of international cooperation. Hence, after seven decades it is still on track eventually to deliver a pragmatic utopia.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/gyil.60.1.607
German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 60 (2018), Iss. 1 : pp. 607–636
Published online: 2018-01
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 30
Keywords: Security Council Resolutions Civilians Empirical Accountability Utopia
Author Details
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossana Deplano: Building Pragmatic Utopias: The “Other” Security Council, International Law, and the United Nations Dream | 1 | ||
| I. Introduction | 1 | ||
| II. The Security Council’s Practice Unpacked (1946–2017) | 6 | ||
| A. Tracing International Law in the Text of Resolutions | 1 | ||
| B. Significance and Limits of the Thematic Resolutions | 1 | ||
| III. A Pragmatic Utopia of International Law? | 2 | ||
| IV. Conclusion | 2 |