Book launch | “The World Bank’s Lawyers: The Life of International Law as Institutional Practice” (OUP, 2022) by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche

On Wednesday 16 November, 18:15 (CET), the ESIL Interest Groups on History of Intentional Law and International Organisations and Völkerrechtsblog, are hosting a book launch for The World Bank's Lawyers by Dr. Dimitri van den Meerssche (Queen Mary University London). Registration for the book launch is now open. In addition to hearing from the author,...

Book Talk with Rishi Gulati

The ESIL Interest Group on International Organizations comes back with a new interview for our series of debates with authors, researchers, and practitioners about their new research and the latest developments concerning international organizations. In this interview, Negar Mansouri (IHEID) and Lorenzo Gasbarri (Bocconi) interview author Rishi Gulati (Freie Universität Berlin) about his new book...

Book Talk with Lorenzo Gasbarri

The ESIL Interest Group on International Organizations today announces the launch of a new series, where we interview authors, researchers, and practitioners about their new research and the latest developments concerning international organizations. In this inaugural interview, Catherine Brölmann (University of Amsterdam) and Richard Collins (University College Dublin) interview author Lorenzo Gasbarri (Bocconi University) about...

PRIVIGO: Intergovernmental Organizations between Mission and Market

By Jan Klabbers   When international organizations were first created, during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, they were expected to operate in a vacuum. International organizations such as the International Telegraphic Union or the International Institute for Agriculture were expected to perform tasks delegated to them by their member...