Legitimacy and International Courts

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-43852-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 395 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: Studies on International Courts and Tribunals

One of the most noted developments in international law over the past twenty years is the proliferation of international courts and tribunals. They decide who has the right to exploit natural resources, define the scope of human rights, delimit international boundaries and determine when the use of force is prohibited. As the number and influence of international courts grow, so too do challenges to their legitimacy. This volume provides new interdisciplinary insights into international courts' legitimacy: what drives and undermines the legitimacy of these bodies? How do drivers change depending on the court concerned? What is the link between legitimacy, democracy, effectiveness and justice? Top international experts analyse legitimacy for specific international courts, as well as the links between legitimacy and cross-cutting themes. Failure to understand and respond to legitimacy concerns can endanger both the courts and the law they interpret and apply.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Harlan Grant

Grossman, Nienke

Føllesdal, Andreas

Follesdal, Andreas

Ulfstein, Geir

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Part I. The Legitimacy of Particular Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: 2. Solomonic judgements and the legitimacy of the international court of justice; 3. The global-local dilemma and the ICC's legitimacy; 4. Justice as legitimacy in the European Court of Human Rights; 5. Legitimacy and jurisdictional overlap: the ICC and the inter-American court in Colombia; 6. The legitimacy of the European Court of Justice: normative debates and empirical evidence; 7. The international tribunal for the law of the sea: seeking the legitimacy of state consent; 8. Who decides matters: the legitimacy capital of WTO adjudicators versus ICSID arbitrators; 9. The legitimacy of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes; 10. The Human Rights Treaty Bodies and legitimacy challenges; Part II. Legitimacy - Cross-Cutting Issues: 11. Constitutionalization, not democratization: how to assess the legitimacy of international courts; 12. Democracy, justice and the legitimacy of international courts; 13. Stronger together? Legitimacy and effectiveness of international courts as mutually reinforcing or undermining notions.

Über Autor(innen)

Grossman, Nienke
Harlan Grant Cohen holds the Gabriel M. Wilner/UGA Foundation Professorship in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law.

Cohen, Harlan Grant
Andreas Føllesdal is Professor of Political Philosophy in the Faculty of Law and Co-director of PluriCourts, a Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Universitetet i Oslo.

Ulfstein, Geir
Geir Ulfstein is Professor of International Law in the Department of Public and International Law and Co-director of PluriCourts, a Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Universitetet i Oslo.

Follesdal, Andreas
Nienke Grossman is an Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law.