'… pathbreaking book … comprehensively researched … well written … easy to read … very logical structure … every member and aspiring member of the Security Council should have a copy of this book.' Justice Kirby, High Court of Australia

'If, indeed, Australia is elected to the Security Council in 2012, it will be important for its representatives to familiarise themselves with Dr Farrall's analysis. Indeed, the reading could start immediately. When future sanctions regimes are proposed, it may be hoped that the United Nations Secretariat and national delegations, armed with this book, will insist upon a less ad hoc and more principled approach by the Security Council to the mechanism designed to reinforce the defences of international peace and security. Without such an intensive conspectus, it would be impossible to put together all the pieces of the mosaic. We have Dr Farrall to thank for making available to all observers at once the detailed background of sanctions and a vision of the broad horizon showing what is and what might be.' Australian Law Journal

'Farrall has most certainly reached the first objective he set for the study, i.e. 'to serve as a useful guide to the UN sanctions system'. As to the analytical part on the rule of law, Farrall's book serves as a counterbalance to those advocating abolishment of certain sanctions, in particular in the context of the Taliban/Al Qaeda regime, without too much reflection on the repercussions of this plea for the system of collective security more generally. Farrall is an engaged realist and his pragmatic approach may be applauded.' Netherlands International Law Review