Wolfrum / Röben Legitimacy in International Law

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-77764-9
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 422 Seiten

There has been intense debate in recent times over the legitimacy or otherwise of international law. This book contains fresh perspectives on these questions, offered at an international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and International Law. At issue are questions including, for example, whether international law lacks legitimacy in general and whether international law or a part of it has yielded to the facts of power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolfrum, Rudiger

Röben, Volker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;6
2;Legitimacy of International Law from a Legal Perspective: Some Introductory Considerations;8
2.1;I. Introduction – on Legitimacy in International Law in General;8
2.2;II. Legitimacy and Public International Law Based on State Consent;13
2.3;III. Whether and How to Fill the Gaps in Legitimacy: Tentative Conclusions;28
3;The Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions;32
3.1;I. Assessing Legitimacy;36
3.2;II. Competing Standards of Legitimacy;41
3.3;III. A Complex Standard of Legitimacy;47
3.4;Conclusion;69
4;Legitimacy of Legislative and Executive Actions of International Institutions;70
4.1;I. Some Introductory Points;70
4.2;II. International Economic Institutions;75
4.3;III. The Use of Force by International Institutions;78
4.4;IV. Some Concluding Remarks;87
5;On the Legitimacy of International Institutions;90
5.1;I. The Concept of Legitimacy;90
5.2;II. International Governance Institutions;93
5.3;III. World Government;95
5.4;IV. Formation of Customary International Law;97
5.5;V. Conclusion: Inclusivity v. Exclusivity;99
6;Discussion Following Presentations by Rüdiger Wolfrum, Robert Keohane, Alain Pellet and Anthony D’Amato;100
7;The Security Council as Legislator and as Executive in its Fight Against Terrorism and Against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Question of Legitimacy;116
7.1;I. On the Meaning of “Legislative” and “Executive” Functions in International Law;116
7.2;II. On “International Governance Regimes”;118
7.3;III. On “Legitimacy” and “Legality”;122
7.4;IV. On the Legality of the “Executive” and “Legislative” Action of the Security Council against Terrorism;123
7.5;V. On the Status of Security Council Resolutions 1373 and 1540: How to Enhance Legitimacy;134
8;The Legitimacy of United Nations Security Council Decisions in the Fight against Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Some Critical Remarks;138
8.1;1. Introduction;138
8.2;2. Conceptualizing Legitimacy;142
8.3;3. Implications for Security Council Decisions Pertaining to Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction;146
8.4;4. Conclusion;159
9;Discussion Following Presentations by Georges Abi-Saab and Erika de Wet;162
10;Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals;176
10.1;Introduction: Legality and Legitimacy Objective and subjective legitimacy;176
10.2;I. Legitimacy of judicial decisions the legality of which is not questioned;178
10.3;II. Franck’s tests of legitimacy and international judicial decisions;180
10.4;III. Legitimacy of judicial decisions in light of their consistency with moral or political values;184
10.5;Conclusion: legitimacy of judgements and judicial policy;193
11;Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: Comments;196
12;Discussion Following Presentations by Tullio Treves and Rein Müllerson;209
13;Codes of Conduct and their Implementation: the Question of Legitimacy;225
13.1;A. Introduction;225
13.2;B. Concept of Codes of Conduct;226
13.3;C. The Evolution of Codes of Conduct;229
13.4;D. Typology of Codes of Conduct;245
13.5;E. The Legitimacy Dilemma;260
13.6;F. Specific Legitimacy Approach for Codes of Conduct;267
13.7;G. Monitoring Codes;286
13.8;H. Beyond Legitimacy – A More Pragmatic Approach: Potential and Limits of Self- Regulatory Initiatives;295
13.9;I. Conclusion;301
14;Codes of Conduct and the Legitimacy of International Law;305
14.1;1. The legitimacy perspective on codes of conduct;305
14.2;2. The legitimacy of international law in view of gaps and of international inaction;307
14.3;3. Conclusion: Adding arguments to Helen Keller’s requests;312
15;The Concept of Legitimacy in International Law;314
16;Discussion Following Presentations by Helen Keller, Armin von Bogdandy and Daniel Bodansky;323
17;Legitimacy: A Problem in International Law and for International Lawyers?;339
17.1;1. Legitimacy: or legally relevant issue?;339
17.2;2. Legitimacy: the historical dimension;342
17.3;3. Legitimacy problems of the UN;343
17.4;4. Legitimacy problems of the EU;347
17.5;5. Legitimacy and the use of force;349
17.6;6. Conclusions;353
18;What About Hobbes? Legitimacy as a Matter of Inclusion in the Functional and Rational Exercise of International Public Power;356
18.1;I. Introduction;356
18.2;II. Functions;358
18.3;III. Primary Legitimacy in the International System: The Working of the Inclusion Mechanism;359
18.4;IV. The Rational Exercise of Power;366
18.5;V. The Limits of International Law;368
18.6;VII. Globalization;369
19;Construction of the Discourse on Legitimacy of International Institutions*;371
19.1;Abstract;371
19.2;I. Introduction;372
19.3;II. An Overview of the Evolving Approach to International Institutions2;373
19.4;III. Legitimacy of International Institutions: the Chinese Perception;376
19.5;IV. Do Regional Institutions Have More Legitimacy Than Multilateral Institutions?;379
19.6;V. Some Preliminary Comments on the Chinese Practice;380
20;Round Table;383
21;List of Participants;406
22;Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht;422