The quest for world order and human dignity in the twenty-first century [electronic resource] : constitutive process and individual commitment / W. Michael Reisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reisman, Michael.

Contributor:

Hague Academy of International Law.

Series:

The Pocket Books of The Hague Academy of International Law / Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye 16.

Pocket books of the Hague Academy of International Law ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Constitutional law--International unification.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hague : Hague Academy of International Law, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Also available as an e-book International law’s archipelago is composed of legal “islands”, which are highly organized, and “offshore” zones, manifesting a much lower degree of legal organization. Each requires a different mode of decisionmaking, each further complicated by the stress of radical change. This General Course is concerned, first, with understanding and assessing the aggregate performance of the world constitutive process, in present and projected constructs; second, with providing the intellectual tools that can enable those involved in making decisions to be more effective, whether they are operating in islands or offshore; and, third, with inquiring into ways the international legal system might be improved. Reisman identifies the individual as the ultimate actor in international law and explores the dilemmas of meaningful individual commitment to a world order of human dignity amidst interlocking communities and overlapping loyalties.

Contents:

Preliminary Material : Breaking out of Alice's looking-glass : an introduction

What is international law attached to?

Some propositions and conditioning factors

The world constitutive process and its decision functions

The international lawmaking function

Two modes of principled decision-making

The international law-applying function

Participation arrangements for States: the transformation of self-determination and the emergence of the individual

Sovereignty and human rights : changing the internal arrangements of States by external means

The actors theory has ignored

Human rights and individualism : regulating national control and providing international protection

Contingencies for the use of force : myth system and operational code

The use and abuse of force : jus in bello

The penumbra of professionalism : the citizenship role of the international lawyer

International law as a profession : dilemmas of identity and commitment.

Notes:

Based on lectures presented at the General Course at the Hague Academy of International Law, summer 2007.

"Full text of the lecture published in September 2012 in the Recueil des cours, vol. 351 (2010)"--P. [2].

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-04-23616-3

OCLC:

855503183

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004236165 DOI