Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Wolfrum & Röben: Legitimacy in International Law

Rüdiger Wolfrum (Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) & Volker Röben (Swansea Univ. - Law) have published Legitimacy in International Law (Springer 2008). Contents include:
  • Rüdiger Wolfrum, Legitimacy in International Law from a Legal Perspective: Some Introductory Considerations
  • Allen Buchanan & Robert O. Keohane, The Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions
  • Alain Pellet, Legitimacy of Legislative and Executive Actions of International Institutions
  • Anthony D’Amato, On the Legitimacy of International Institutions
  • Discussion Following Presentations by Rüdiger Wolfrum, Robert Keohane, Alain Pellet and Anthony D’Amato
  • Georges Abi-Saab, 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
  • Erika de Wet, The Legitimacy of United Nations Security Council Decisions in the Fight against Terrorism and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Some Critical Remarks
  • Discussion Following Presentations by Georges Abi-Saab and Erika de Wet
  • Tullio Treves, Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals
  • Rein Müllerson, Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: Comments
  • Discussion Following Presentations by Tullio Treves and Rein Müllerson
  • Helen Keller, Codes of Conduct and their Implementation: the Question of Legitimacy
  • Armin von Bogdandy, Codes of Conduct and the Legitimacy of International Law
  • Daniel Bodansky, The Concept of Legitimacy in International Law
  • Discussion Following Presentations by Helen Keller, Armin von Bogdandy and Daniel Bodansky
  • Hanspeter Neuhold, Legitimacy: A Problem in International Law and for International Lawyers?
  • Volker Röben, What About Hobbes? Legitimacy as a Matter of Inclusion in the Functional and Rational Exercise of International Public Power
  • Kong Qingjiang, Construction of the Discourse on Legitimacy of International Institutions