In Whose Name? - A Public Law Theory of International Adjudication

International courts and tribunals make decisions which shape international law. Yet what grants them the legitimacy to make these decisions in the first place? This book proposes a theory of international public law that argues that these international courts democratically derive their legitimacy from the people and citizens.

Sommario

• 1: Agenda and objectives


• 2: Basic conceptions of international courts


• 3: Key elements of a public law theory of adjudication


• 4: Pathways of democratic legitimacy


• 5: In whose name?

Info autore

Armin von Bogdandy is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg and Professor at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt. He is President of the OECD Nuclear Energy Tribunal and was a Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2008-2013). He is Partner Investigator in the Exzellenzcluster "Normative Orders", Frankfurt, and Senior Research Fellow at the PluriCourts Centre for Excellence, Oslo.

Ingo Venzke is Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. He was a Visiting Senior Fellow at National University of Singapore, Hauser Research Scholar at New York University, Visiting Scholar at Tel Aviv University and Research Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute in Heidelberg. He is editor of the Leiden Journal of International Law and contributes to the research cluster on the exercise of public authority, Heidelberg.

Riassunto

International courts and tribunals make decisions which shape international law. Yet what grants them the legitimacy to make these decisions in the first place? This book proposes a theory of international public law that argues that these international courts democratically derive their legitimacy from the people and citizens.

Testo aggiuntivo

The international law study In Whose Name contributes to the theory of global governance with rare analytical clarity. This book will quickly become unavoidable reading. ... Thanks to this work, the cosmopolitical landscape will be accessible for legal lay persons.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Armin von Bogdandy, Armin Von Venzke Bogdandy, Ingo Venzke, Venzke Ingo, Armin von Bogdandy, Armin Venzke Von Bogdandy
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.08.2014
• EAN: 9780198717461
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871746-1
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: International Courts and Tribunals Series; International Courts and Tribu; International Courts and Tribunals Series; International Courts and Tribu
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Comparative, Public International Law, comparative law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures