A farewell to fragmentation : reassertion and convergence in international law / edited by Mads Andenas and Eirik Bjorge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andenæs, Mads Tønnesson, 1957- editor.

Bjørge, Eirik, 1983- editor.

Series:

Studies on international courts and tribunals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

International courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 593 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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text file

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Summary:

Fragmentation has been much discussed as a threat to international law as a legal system. This book contends that the fragmentation of international law is far exceeded by its convergence, as international bodies find ways to account for each other and the interactions of emerging sub-fields. Reasserting its role as the 'principal judicial organ of the United Nations', the International Court of Justice has ensured that the centre of international law can and does hold. This process has strengthened a trend towards the reunification of international law. In order to explore this process, this book looks at fragmentation and convergence from the point of view of the centre of the International Court and of the position of other courts and tribunals. Featuring contributions by leading international lawyers from a range of backgrounds, this volume proposes both a new take and the last word on the fragmentation debate in international law.

Contents:

1. Introduction : from fragmentation to convergence in international law / Mads Andenas and Eirik Bjorge

Part I. Reassertion and convergence : 'Proliferation' of courts and the centre of international law

A. At the centre: The International Court

2. Unity and diversity in international law / Sir Christopher Greenwood

3. A century of international justice and prospects for the future / António Augusto Cançado Trindade

4. The International Court of Justice and human rights treaty bodies / Sir Nigel Rodley

5. The ICJ and the challenges of human rights law / Vera Gowlland-Debbas

6. Factors influencing fragmentation and convergence in international courts / Philippa Webb

B. 'Regimes' of international law

7. Fragmentation or partnership? : the reception of ICJ case-law by the European Court of Human Rights / Dean Spielmann

8. Factors influencing the reception of international law in the ECtHR's case law : an overview / Magdalena Forowicz

9. The influence of the International Court of Justice on the law of provisional measures / Cameron A. Miles

10. Just another case of treaty interpretation? : reconciling humanitarian law and human rights law in the ICJ / Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne

11. Fragmentation within international human rights law / Mehrdad Payandeh

12. The European Union's participation in international economic institutions : a mutually beneficial reassertion of the centre / Emanuel Castellarin

13. Reinforcing the ICJ's central international role? : domestic courts' enforcement of ICJ decisions and opinions / Veronika Fikfak

Part 2. A farewell to fragmentation and the sources of law

A. Custom and Jus Cogens

14. The International Court of Justice and the international customary law game of cards / Lorenzo Gradoni

15. State practice, treaty practice and state immunity in international and English law / Alexander Orakhelashvili

16. Historical sketches about custom in international law / Jean-Louis Halpérin

B. Treaty Interpretation

17. Is there a subject-matter ontology in interpretation of international legal norms? / Robert Kolb

18. Halfway between fragmentation and convergence : the role of the rules of the organization in the interpretation of constituent treaties / Paolo Palchetti

19. The convergence of the methods of treaty interpretation : different regimes, different methods of interpretation? / Eirik Bjorge

20. Reassertion and transformation of international law / Mads Andenas.

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9781139979498

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