Thursday, July 7, 2011

New Volume: German Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the German Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 53, 2010) is out. Contents include:
  • Forum: Perspectives on International Law from China
    • B.B. Jia, A Synthesis of the Notion of Sovereignty and the Ideal of the Rule of Law: Reflections on the Contemporary Chinese Approach to International Law
  • Focus: Climate Change and new Challenges for International Law
    • A. Proelss, International Environmental Law and the Challenge of Climate Change
    • M. Fitzmaurice, Responsibility and Climate Change
    • P. Aerni, B. Boie, T. Cottier, K. Holzer, D. Jost, B. Karapinar, S. Matteotti, O. Nartova, T. Payosova, L. Rubini, A. Shingal, F. Temmerman, E. Xoplaki, & S. Z. Bigdeli, Climate Change and International Law: Exploring the Linkages between Human Rights, Environment, Trade and Investment
    • C. Schofield, Rising Waters, Shrinking States: The Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Claims to Maritime Jurisdiction
    • J. McAdam & B. Saul, Displacement with Dignity: International Law and Policy Responses to Climate Change Migration and Security in Bangladesh
    • M. Bowman, Conserving Biological Diversity in an Era of Climate Change: Local Implementation of International Wildlife Treaties
    • J. Gupta, Climate Change: A GAP Analysis Based on Third World Approaches to International Law
    • W. Th. Douma, Legal Aspects of the European Union's Biofuels Policy: Protection or Protectionism?
  • General Articles
    • G. Handl, In Re South African Apartheid Litigation and Beyond: Corporate Liability for Aiding and Abetting Under the Alien Tort Statute
    • K. Ambos, The Crime of Aggression after Kampala
    • K. Odendahl, The Scope of Application of the Principle of Territorial Integrity
    • C. Riziki Majinge, Southern Sudan and the Struggle for Self-Determination in Contemporary Africa: Examining its Basis Under International Law
    • A. Gourgourinis, Lex Specialis in WTO and Investment Protection Law
    • A. Peters, Extraterritorial Naturalizations: Between the Human Right to Nationality, State Sovereignty and Fair Principles of Jurisdiction
    • P. Pustorino, Failed States and International Law: The Impact of UN Practice on Somalia in Respect of Fundamental Rules of International Law
    • P. Kroker, Transitional Justice Policy in Practice: Victim Participation in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
    • K. Oellers-Frahm, Problematic Question or Problematic Answer? Observations on the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion Concerning Kosovo's Unilateral Declaration of Independence