Cynical international law? : abuse and circumvention in public international and European law / Björnstjern Baade, Dana Burchardt, Prisca Feihle, Alicia Köppen, Linus Mührel, Lena Riemer, Raphael Schäfer, editors.

"Analysing international law through the prism of "cynicism" makes it possible to look beyond overt disregard for international law, currently discussed in terms of a backlash or crisis. The concept allows to analyse and criticise structural features and specific uses of international...

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Corporate Authors: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationales Recht (sponsoring body.), Arbeitskreis junger VölkerrechtswissenschaftlerInnen (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Baade, Björnstjern (Editor), Burchardt, Dana, 1983- (Editor), Feihle, Prisca (Editor), Köppen, Alicia (Editor), Mührel, Linus (Editor), Riemer, Lena (Editor), Schäfer, Raphael (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Germany : Springer, [2021]
Series:Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht ; Bd. 296.
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Table of Contents:
  • How (not) to be cynical in international law / Björnstjern Baade, Dana Burchardt, Prisca Feihle, Alicia Köppen, Linus Mührel, Lena Riemer, Raphael Schäfer
  • Part I: Cynical foundations of international law
  • Cynicism and the autonomy of international law / Theresa Reinold
  • Beyond cynicism and critique : international law and the possibility of change / Gabriel M. Lentner
  • Cynicism as a modus of political agency : can it speak to international law? / Hengameh Saberi
  • Part II: Cynical actors in international law
  • The International Law Commission as a club of cynics? : originalism and legalism in the Commission's contemporary work / Konstantin Kleine
  • The added value of the International Law Commission and its future role in the progressive development and codification of international law / Patrícia Galvão Teles
  • From speaking truth to power to speaking power's truth : transnational judicial activism in an increasingly illiberal world / Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín
  • From Judicialisation to Politicisation? : a response to Daniel Quiroga-Villamarín by an academic turned practitioner / Andreas Paulus
  • Oceans of cynicism? : norm-genesis, lawfare and the South China Sea Arbitration Case / Christian Pogies
  • Peace through law? : the role of the Law of the Sea Convention put into question / Nele Matz-Lück
  • Part III: Cynicism in European law and sub-fields of public international law
  • Assessing the strategic use of the EU Preliminary Ruling Procedure by national courts / Jesse Claassen
  • In international law we (do not) trust : the persistent rejection of economic and social rights as a manifestation of cynicism / Caroline Omari Lichuma
  • In international law we shall trust : (even in) the case of economic and social rights / Dominik Steiger
  • All is fair in law and war? : legal cynicism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict / Shiri Krebs
  • Cynicism? : yes, please! : embracing cynicism at the International Criminal Court / Elisabeth Baier
  • Part IV: Cynicism and abuse of rights
  • Abuse of right in international law : a Roman law analogy / Andrea Faraci, Luigi Lonardo
  • Abuse of rights : from Roman law to International Law? : comments on the contribution by Andrea Faraci and Luigi Lonardo / Helmut Philipp Aust
  • Cynicism and nationality planning in international investment law / Philipp Janig
  • (New) ways of combating abuse and circumvention of European law on the example of tax evasion and tax avoidance / Helene Hayden
  • Part V: Concluding observations
  • Cynicism as an analytical lense for international law? : concluding observations / Heike Krieger.