Burri: Phenomenal International Law, Part 1: Chasing Chagos

Thomas Burri (Univ. of St. Gallen) has posted Phenomenal International Law, Part 1: Chasing Chagos. Here's the abstract:

This paper is part of a series I will publish in the near future. It develops a new approach I call “phenomenal international law”. Phenomenal international law addresses two challenges international law faces today: i) International law is increasingly under pressure because some major powers, including the United States and Russia, are turning away from it, preferring the use of raw power and military force over the rule of law. ii) International lawyers, like all lawyers, are under strain as intelligent algorithms become better by the day at doing what used to be their job. Artificial intelligence writes briefs, answers complex legal questions, summarizes long court decisions, delivers crisp lectures, writes international law manuals, produces elaborate footnotes, etc, – and all that in a fraction of the time international lawyers needed to complete these tasks.