The book argues that the decision-making processes within international organizations and other global governance bodies ought to be subjectedto procedural and substantive legal constraints that are a
The secession of States is subject to legal regulation. The arguments presented by States in the advisory proceedings on Kosovo confirm thatthere are rules of international law that determine whether
The ultimate question that runs through all of our law of arbitration is the allocation of responsibility between state courts and arbitraltribunals : If private tribunals assume the power to bind oth
In a remarkably short time "sustainable development" has become firmly established in international law. The World Commission on Environment and Development concisely defined this concept as: "develop
Competence-competence and corruption have, for different reasons, been mainstays of international dispute resolution thought and practice for the longest time. In the last few years, their intersectio
Also available as an e-bookPrivate international law is normally discussed in terms of rules applied in litigation involving parties from more than one State. Those samerules are fundamentally importa
The book describes the development of certain important treaties from the perspective of their practice, with a view to assessing whether these treaties are, or have been, on the “rise” or in “decline
This course addresses dispute resolution in international cases from the classical perspective of the private-public divide. The main focus relates to overlapping remedies available under private inte
Also available as an e-bookThis monograph considers the ramifications of the legal regime that governs transborder capital flows. This regime consists principally of a network of some 3,000 investment
Also available as an e-bookThis General Course is concerned, first, with understanding and assessing the aggregate performance of the world constitutive process, in present and projected constructs; s
Agent de la mondialisation au coeur des réflexions critiques, l'entreprise est aussi un phénomène juridique. Elle entretient à ce titre des rapports complexes avec les droits des Etats et sécrète un p
Based on a series of lectures the author gave at the Hague Academy of International Law in the summer of 2012, this volume examines the relations between Pan-Africanism and international law, focusing
No field of legal scholarship or practice operates in the world of private international law as continuously and pervasively as does international arbitration, commercial and investment alike. Arbitra
Also available as an e-bookThis book is about international humanitarian law or - as it is also called - the "law of armed conflict"or "law of war". It emerged from a series of lectures delivered at t
Also available as an e-bookPrivate international law (PIL) problems have existed for centuries when people from various territories and religious and social groups engaged in mutual contacts. Some of
This monograph considers the application of general rules of international law to islands, as well as special rules focused on islands, notably Article 121 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
