Postal and Delivery Services
Postal and Delivery Services

Author: Michael A. Crew

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2002-12-31

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781402070358

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Postal and Delivery Services: Delivering on Competition is an indispensable source of information and analysis on the current state of the postal and delivery sector. It offers current insight into strategy, regulation as well as the economics of this sector. Issues addressed include international postal policy, the universal service obligation, regulation, competition, entry, the role of scale and scope economies, the nature and role of cost and demand analysis in postal service, productivity, interaction of law and economics, human resources, transition and reform issues.

The Conventions on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies
The Conventions on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies

Author: August Reinisch

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 1089

ISBN-13: 0198744617

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The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies entered into force more than 60 years ago. This Commentary offers for the first time a comprehensive discussion covering both Conventions in their entirety, providing an overview of academic writings and jurisprudence for a legal field of particular practical relevance and gives both the academic researcher as well as the practitioner a unique source to understand the complexity of legal issues that the UN, its Specialized Agencies, their officials, Member States' representatives, and experts face in today's world.

Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform
Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform

Author: Michael A. Crew

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13: 1848444907

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The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This book brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans ofindividual countries to provide some perspective on the problems faced in the area and the varied approaches being taken to address it. They also review key elements of policy and strategy that are important in this debate.

Routledge History of International Organizations
Routledge History of International Organizations

Author: Bob Reinalda

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-11

Total Pages: 877

ISBN-13: 1134024053

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This is a definitive and comprehensive history of international organizations from their very beginning at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 up to the present day, and provides the reader with nearly two centuries of world history seen from the perspective of international organizations. It covers the three main fields of international relations: security, economics and the humanitarian domain which often overlap in international organizations. As well as global and intercontinental organizations, the book also covers regional international organizations and international non-governmental organizations in all continents. The book progresses chronologically but also provides a thematic and geographical coherence so that related developments can be discussed together. A series of detailed tables, figures, charts and information boxes explain the chronologies, structures and relationships of international organizations. There are biographies, histories and analysis of hundreds of international organizations. This is an essential reference work with direct relevance to scholars in international relations, international political economy, international economics and business and security studies.

Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

Author: Mark Eugen Villiger

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1093

ISBN-13: 9004168044

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The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, regulating treaties between States, lies at the heart of international law. This commentary interprets the Conventiona (TM)s 85 articles clearly and precisely. It covers such major topics as reservations to treaties, their interpretation and the grounds for terminating a treaty, for instance breach. Emphasis is placed on the practice of States and tribunals and on academic writings. It contains further sections on customary international law and the Conventiona (TM)s history while providing up-to-date information on ratifications and reservations. This commentary is a must for practitioners and academics wishing to establish the meaning and scope of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.