The Achievements of International Law: Essays in Honour of Robin Churchill

Author: Jacques Hartmann; Urfan Khaliq
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509917372

Published In: August 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781509950560

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The aim of this collection of essays in Robin Churchill's honour to discuss the key examples of the achievements of international law – with the express aim of exploring both what it has achieved and also its limits. This will serve as a response to the two popular but opposite misconceptions about the role of international law. One view is that international law is too weak to improve the World in any significant way. The other view is that international law is a panacea that can be used to rid the world of many of its ills.

The book is divided into four distinct parts, each reflecting on what international law has achieved within broadly defined substantive areas. It opens with a discussion on general international law and international human rights Law, before exploring the law of the sea and fisheries. It then looks at international environmental law before finally examining the use of force and international criminal law. The chapters and the collection overall will provide a contrast to the popular misconceptions about international law by offering examples of both the success and also limitations of it as a system.

PART I. GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. Less is More: Rules and Principles in International Law-Making

Vaughan Lowe, University of Oxford, UK

2. An Amodernist Approach to International Law: The Law of the Sea in the Amarna Letters

Erdem Denk, Ankara University, Turkey

3. The Sources of Public International Law Historically Considered

Dino Kritsiotis, University of Nottingham, UK

PART II. HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

4. The United Nations and Human Rights: Reform through Review?

Malcolm Evans, University of Bristol, UK

5. United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Universality and National Implementation

Geir Ulfstein, University of Oslo, Norway