New Volume: German Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the German Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 66, 2023) is out. Contents include:

• FOCUS – Russia, Imperialism, and International Law
• Angelika Nussberger, The ‘Near Abroad’ (Ближнее Зарубежьe) in Russian Rhetoric and Law
• Eric Loefflad, Blood of Nations, Blood of Empire: Pan-Slavism as a Critique of International Law in Late Imperial Russia and Beyond
• André-Philippe Oulett, Decolonisation and Self-Determination à Géométrie Variable: The Forgotten Vicissitudes of Post-Soviet Peoples
• Michael Riepl, ‘Peacekeeping or Keeping in Pieces’? – The Legacy of Three Decades of Russian-brokered Ceasefire Agreements in the South Caucasus
• Ferdinand Weber, Passportisation: From a Neglectable Phenomenon Under International Law to an Elusive Imperialist Strategy?
• Andrea Maria Pelliconi, Russia’s Use of Demographic Engineering to Affirm Sovereignty Over Adjacent Territories
• Yulia Ioffe, Forcible Transfers of Ukrainian Children: Indoctrination as a Tool of Russia’s Imperialism
• Soheil Ghasemi & Mohammadreza Eghbalizarch, Of Capitulations, Capital, and Collateral: Russian Imperial Banking in Late Qajar Persia (1891–1921)
• General Articles
• Thibault Moulin, Icarus’ Flight: The Paradoxes in the Contribution of International Law to Solar Power
• Sanya Samtani, The Human Right to Research in International Law
• Alexander Wentker & Clauss Kress, Inter-State Assistance in War Under International Law
• German Practice
• Lena Herzog, The Yazidi Genocide Before the German Federal Court of Justice
• Jasper Mührel & Linus Mührel, Germany’s Submission Practice to the International Law Commission on Topics Discussed and/or Concluded in 2022
• Rahel Alia Müller & Michael Frey, Experimentation Clauses as an Element of Cross-Border Friendly-Legislation – The Franco-German Treaty of Aachen as a Model for Future Cross-Border Cooperation in Germany’s Border Areas?
• Jasmin Oppermann, Germany’s Indo-Pacific Odyssey: Navigating Legal Challenges as a Champion of the Rules-Based Order
• Valérie v. Suhr, Federal Constitutional Court Develops the Right to Education with Reference to International Human Rights Law

Novak: Global Lawmaking and Social Change: The Varieties of Customary International Law

Gregor Novak has published Global Lawmaking and Social Change: The Varieties of Customary International Law (Hart Publishing 2024). Here's the abstract:

Customary international law is a widely-recognised modality of international lawmaking. It underpins all norms of international law and shapes all aspects of global society. Yet familiar approaches to customary international law struggle to answer basic questions about its role, operation, and prospects.

Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers an alternative perspective on customary international law as a dynamic and multifaceted social phenomenon and idea. It explores customary international lawmaking in different social contexts, including the regulation of armed conflict, the treatment of the 'other', and the management of global environmental risks. Focusing on the 'varieties' of customary international law, it identifies four types of customary international law norms and explores their roles and implications.

Critically revisiting a classic topic of international law, the book provides a tool for understanding and shaping global lawmaking and social change in a rapidly changing international legal order.