Public International Law Theory of Hans Kelsen: Believing in Universal Law

International Law

Public International Law Theory of Hans Kelsen Believing in Universal Law

By Jochen von Bernstorff
Cambridge University Press October 2010

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ISBN-13
9780521516181
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
October 2010
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen.

The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law and his international law writings is examined, enabling the reader to understand how Kelsen tried to square his own liberal cosmopolitan project with his methodological convictions as laid out in his Pure Theory of Law. Finally, Jochen von Bernstorff discusses the limits and continuing relevance of Kelsenian formalism for international law under the term of ‘reflexive formalism', and offers a reflection on Kelsen's theory of international law against the background of current debates over constitutionalisation, institutionalisation and fragmentation of international law.

The book also includes biographical sketches of Hans Kelsen and his main students Alfred Verdross and Joseph L. Kunz.

Table of Contents

Contents:
1. Method and construction of international law in nineteenth-century German scholarship
2. Kelsenian formalism as critical methodology in international law
3. An 'objective' architecture of international law: Kelsen, Kunz, and Verdross
4. The new actors of universal law
5. Legal sources as universal instruments of law creation
6. The international judiciary as the functional center of universal law
7. The role of the international legal scholar in Kelsen - a concluding reflection
Epilogue. On Kelsenian formalism in international law.
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