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In recent times, the word 'crisis' has dominated international political discourse. Ulrich and Ziemele bring together an expert group of scholars to interrogate how the international legal system responds to crises in human society, across the realms of security, immunities, sustainable development, and philosophy.
List of contents
- Introduction
- International Law and Crisis: Dialectical Relationship
- Reflections on Crises and International Law
- I. Security themes
- 1: Patrycja Grzebyk: Authorizing Attacks in Response to Terrorist Attacks: a Dark Side of the Law of Armed Conflicts
- 2: Sandra Krähenmann: The Challenge of 'Foreign Fighters' to the Liberal International Legal Order
- 3: Ilze Ruse: Multiple Actors in Framing EU External Policy: The Case of the EU Global Security Strategy
- 4: Carlos Espaliú Berdud: Activating the Mutual Assistance Clause of the Treaty on the European Union and the Right of Self-defence
- 5: Kushtrim Istrefi: The Policy Effects of the Decisions of European Courts on Targeted Sanctions: Whither Human Rights and Due Process?
- 6: Irena Nesterova: The Crisis of Privacy and Sacrifice of Personal Data in the Name of National Security: CJEU Rulings Strengthening EU Data Protection Standards
- II. Immunities themes
- 7: Stefano Dominelli: Recent Opposing Trends in the Conceptualisation of the Law of Immunities: Some Reflections
- 8: Pavel Sturma: How to Limit Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction
- III. Sustainable development themes
- 9: Ilze Dubava: The Future We Want: Sustainable Development as an Inherent Aim of Foreign Investment Protection
- 10: Annalisa Savaresi: The Paris Agreement and the Future of the Climate Regime: Reflections on an International Law Odyssey
- 11: Fernando Dias Simões: How International Law Works in Investment Law and Renewable Energy: Green Expectations in Grey Times
- IV. Philosophical perspectives: probing key concepts and premises in international law
- 12: Ignacio de la Rasilla: Playing Hide and Seek with 'Vergangenheit, die nicht vergehen will' ('a Past that Will Not Pass') in the History of International Law
- 13: Zeynep Kivilcim: La démocratie radicale dans les discours légaux contemporains au Rojava au cur de la ' crise ' syrienne: Une analyse genrée
- V. Domestic engagement with international law
- 14: David Kosar and Jan Petrov: The Domestic Judiciary in the Architecture of the Strasbourg System of Human Rights
- 15: Stephen Bouwhuis: The Chilcot Report: International Law and Decision Making in Times of Crisis
- VI. Epilogue
- Reflections: how international law functions in times of crisis
About the author
George Ulrich is currently Professor of Human Rights at the Riga Graduate School of Law and Programme Director of the European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA). He served as Rector at the Riga Graduate School of Law from 2009-2016 and as Secretary General of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) from 2003-2009. With a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, he has published extensively on topics related to the philosophy and practical implementation of human rights in an interdisciplinary perspective as well as on issues related to medical ethics, professional ethics, and the ethics of human rights.
Ineta Ziemele is Professor at the Riga Graduate School of Law. She has been Judge at the Constitutional Court of Latvia since January 8, 2015, and President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia since May 8, 2017. Professor Ziemele is a former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights (2005-2014) and President of the Court Chamber (2012-2014). She is Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook of Baltic International Law and Corresponding Member of the Latvian Academy of Science. She was awarded a doctoral degree in law from Cambridge University in 1999.
Summary
In recent times, the word 'crisis' has dominated international political discourse. Ulrich and Ziemele bring together an expert group of scholars to interrogate how the international legal system responds to crises in human society, across the realms of security, immunities, sustainable development, and philosophy.
