Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contending approaches to international organizations : between functionalism and constitutionalism / Jan Klabbers -- Personality of international organizations / Tarcisio Gazzini -- Reasoning on powers of organizations / Viljam Engstr�om -- Membership in international organizations / Konstantinos D. Magliveras -- Financing international institutions / Thordis Ingad�ottir -- Privileges and immunities / August Reinisch -- International organizations : institutions and organs / Inger �Osterdahl -- International organizations as law-makers / Jan Wouters and Philip De Man -- Decision-making / Nigel D. White -- Dispute settlement / Kirsten Schmalenbach -- International organizations and treaties : contractual freedom and institutional constraint / Catherine Br�olmann -- Preparing articles on responsibility of international organizations : does the International Law Commission take international organizations seriously? : a mid-term review / Niels M. Blokker -- Dissolution and succession : the transmigration of the soul of international organizations / Ramses A. Wessel -- Ultra vires acts of international organizations / Enzo Cannizzaro and Paolo Palchetti -- Deformalization of international organizations law / Jarna Petman -- Reflections on international design -- especially treaty bodies / Geir Ulfstein -- The EU as (more than) an international organization / Joxerramon Bengoetxea -- The United Nations / Sabine von Schorlemer.

This pioneering Research Handbook with contributions from renowned experts, provides an overview of the general doctrines making up the law of international organizations. The approach of this book is taken from a novel perspective: that of the tension between functionalism and constitutionalism. In doing so, this Handbook presents not only practically relevant information, but also provides a tool for understanding the ways in which international organizations work. It has separate chapters on specific 'constitutional' topics and on two specific organizations: the EU and the UN. Research Handbook on the Law of International Organizations will be of particular interest to academics and graduate students in the fields of international law, international politics and international relations. -- Book Cover.