The Inteational Rule of Law:Rise or Decline?

by: Heike Krieger (Editor),Georg Nolte (Editor),Andreas Zimmermann (Editor)&0more

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2019/10/1

Language: English

Print Length: 392 pages

ISBN-10: 0198843607

ISBN-13: 9780198843603

Book Description

This edited volume examines the role of inteational law in a changing global order. Can we, under the current significantly changing conditions, still observe an increasing juridification of inteational relations based on a universal understanding of values? Or are we, to the contrary, facing a tendency towards an informalization or a reformalization of inteational law, or even an erosion of inteational legal norms? Would it be appropriate to revisit classical elements of inteational law in order to react to structural changes, which may give rise to a more polycentric or non-polar world order? Or are we simply observing a slump in the development towards an inteational rule of law based on a universal understanding of values?In eleven chapters, distinguished scholars reflect on how to approach these questions from historical, system-oriented and actor-centered perspectives. The contributions engage with the rise of European inteational law since the 17th century, the decay of the inteational rule of law, compliance as an indicator for the state of inteational law, inteational law and informal law-making in times of populism, the rule of environmental law and complex problems, human rights in Europe in a hostile environment, the influence of the BRICS states on inteational law, the impact of non-state actors on inteational law, inteational law's contribution to global justice, the contestation of value-based norms and the inteational rule of law in light of legitimacy claims.

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This edited volume examines the role of inteational law in a changing global order. Can we, under the current significantly changing conditions, still observe an increasing juridification of inteational relations based on a universal understanding of values? Or are we, to the contrary, facing a tendency towards an informalization or a reformalization of inteational law, or even an erosion of inteational legal norms? Would it be appropriate to revisit classical elements of inteational law in order to react to structural changes, which may give rise to a more polycentric or non-polar world order? Or are we simply observing a slump in the development towards an inteational rule of law based on a universal understanding of values?In eleven chapters, distinguished scholars reflect on how to approach these questions from historical, system-oriented and actor-centered perspectives. The contributions engage with the rise of European inteational law since the 17th century, the decay of the inteational rule of law, compliance as an indicator for the state of inteational law, inteational law and informal law-making in times of populism, the rule of environmental law and complex problems, human rights in Europe in a hostile environment, the influence of the BRICS states on inteational law, the impact of non-state actors on inteational law, inteational law's contribution to global justice, the contestation of value-based norms and the inteational rule of law in light of legitimacy claims.