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This Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. The authors undertake a thematic analysis of its history, its contemporary application, and how it needs to adapt to encompass future developments in international law.
List of contents
- Part I: Introduction
- 1: Stephen Allen, Daniel Costelloe, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Paul Gragl, and Edward Guntrip: Introduction: Defining State Jurisdiction and Jurisdiction in International Law
- Part II: History
- 2: Kaius Tuori: The Beginnings of State Jurisdiction in International Law until 1648
- 3: The Lotus Case in Context - Sovereignty, Westphalia, Vattel, Positivism
- 4: Nurfadzilah Yahaya: The European Concept of Legal Jurisdiction in the Colonies
- 5: Stephan Wittich: Immanuel Kant and Jurisdiction in International Law
- Part III: Theory
- 6: Helen Quane: Navigating Diffuse Jurisdictions: An Intra-State Perspective
- 7: Paul Schiff Berman: Jurisdictional Pluralism
- 8: Mariana Valverde: Deepening the Conversation Between Sociolegal Theory and Legal Scholarship About Jurisdiction
- 9: Shaun McVeigh: Critical Approaches to Jurisdiction and International Law
- Part IV: General International Law
- 10: Cedric Ryngaert: Cosmopolitan Jurisdiction and the National Interest
- 11: Paul Gragl: Jurisdictional Immunities of the State in International Law
- 12: Dino Kritsiotis: The Establishment, Change, and Expansion of Jurisdiction through Treaties
- 13: Uta Kohl: Territoriality and Globalization
- 14: Alex Mills: Private law Regulation and Private Interests in Public International Law Jurisdiction
- 15: Kimberly Trapp: Jurisdiction and State Responsibility
- 16: Stephen Allen: Enforcing Criminal Jurisdiction in the Clouds and International Law's Enduring Commitment to Territoriality
- Part V: Contextualizing Jurisdiction - Substantive and Institutional Issues
- 17: Wouter Vandehole: The 'J' word: Driver or Spoiler of Change in Human Rights Law?
- 18: Edward Guntrip: International Investment Law, Hybrid Authority and Jurisdiction
- 19: Daniel Costelloe: Concepts of State Jurisdiction in the Contentious and Advisory Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of International Justice
- 20: Georg Kerschischnig and Blanca Montejo: The Evolving Nature of the Jurisdiction of the Security Council - a Look at Twenty-First Century Practice
- 21: Kirsten Schmalenbach: International Criminal Jurisdiction Revisited
- 22: James Summers: Jurisdiction and International Territorial Administration
About the author
Stephen Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London and a barrister with a door tenancy at 5 Essex Court Chambers, London.
Daniel Costelloe is a counsel in the International Arbitration group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London, where his practice focuses on international disputes and public international law.
Malgosia Fitzmaurice is Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary, University of London and specializes in international environmental law, the law of treaties, indigenous peoples, and Arctic law.
Paul Gragl is Reader in Public International Law and Theory at Queen Mary, University of London. Besides jurisdiction and state immunity in international law, his research interests include general international law, EU law, and legal theory and philosophy.
Edward Guntrip is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex. His research considers how public international law governs economic activities undertaken in foreign jurisdictions and in areas beyond state jurisdiction.
Summary
This Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. The authors undertake a thematic analysis of its history, its contemporary application, and how it needs to adapt to encompass future developments in international law.
