th Rudiger Wolfrum celebrated his 65 birthday on 13 December 2006. On this special occasion, current and former members of the large circle of his PhD and post-doctorate students (Doktoranden und Habilit- den) organized a symposium on the subject of International Law - day: New Challenges and the Need for Reform? to honour him and his academic work as a teacher and researcher. The symposium took place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and - ternational Law in Heidelberg on 15 and 16 December 2006. Since Rudiger Wolfrum is a renowned scholar in many different fields of...
th Rudiger Wolfrum celebrated his 65 birthday on 13 December 2006. On this special occasion, current and former members of the large circle of his PhD...
There has been intense debate in recent times over the legitimacy or otherwise of international law. This book contains fresh perspectives on these questions, offered at an international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and International Law. At issue are questions including, for example, whether international law lacks legitimacy in general and whether international law or a part of it has yielded to the facts of power.
There has been intense debate in recent times over the legitimacy or otherwise of international law. This book contains fresh perspectives on these...
A. The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (herein- ter the "Convention") marks the beginning of a new era in the law of 1 the sea. The negotiations for this treaty at the Third United Nations Conference for the Law of the Sea (hereinafter "UNCLOS III"), lasted for nine years, from 1973 to 1982. The Convention regulates the principal aspects of international oceans affairs. It establishes and fixes the limits of maritime zones, provides for the rights and duties of states in these zones, establishes the law app- cable in the...
A. The Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (herein- ter the "Convention") marks the beginni...
Die Arbeit untersucht den Begriff der Homogenitat, seine Bedeutungsweisen und die mit ihm verknupften Assoziationen in der deutschen Verfassungslehre und Europarechtswissenschaft. Dargestellt werden die Herausforderungen, denen sich substantiell verstandene Homogenitatsvorstellungen, die die Notwendigkeit einer religios, kulturell, sprachlich oder geschichtlich begrundeten sozialstrukturellen Homogenitat behaupten, ausgesetzt sehen. Ferner werden die mit dem Begriff der Homogenitat verknupften Wirkungen analysiert. Untersucht wird schliesslich der Begriff der Homogenitat, wie er unter...
Die Arbeit untersucht den Begriff der Homogenitat, seine Bedeutungsweisen und die mit ihm verknupften Assoziationen in der deutschen Verfassungsleh...
The present volume compiles the German National Reports on Public Law that are to be presented at the XVIIth Congress of the Inter- tional Academy of Comparative Law, which will take place from 16 22 July 2006 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. By publishing the conference report before the conference itself has taken place, we hope to enable interested scholars and practitioners to gain information in greater - tail as it will be possible during the conference, and in this way to stimulate and inspirit the overall discussion. The Congress, like its predecessors, will bring together academics and...
The present volume compiles the German National Reports on Public Law that are to be presented at the XVIIth Congress of the Inter- tional Academy of ...
This book collects the contributions to a conference of a group of young Polish and German public law scholars on the Constitutional Law of the European Union. The articles present a multi-faceted examination of unity and its realization in the primary and constitutional law of the EU, an analysis of EU constitutional structure in the face of diversity, and the independence of EU law from international common law, among other topics.
This book collects the contributions to a conference of a group of young Polish and German public law scholars on the Constitutional Law of the Eur...
The author presents the basic framework of German administrative law from the perspective of a common law jurisdiction, as administrative law is understood in the English speaking world. This book covers the essential elements of German administrative law. This second edition has been updated to include developments and the impact of EC laws in different spheres.
The author presents the basic framework of German administrative law from the perspective of a common law jurisdiction, as administrative law is under...
This edited book offers diverse perspectives on the Palestinian refugee problem and the possible ways to facilitate its resolution. The book contains contributions of Israeli, Palestinian and other scholars, and its main goal is to initiate an informed dialogue that will bridge the knowledge gap between the different camps. The book is the cul- nation of a joint effort to assist people to realize how people on the other side envision the problem and the possible ways to resolve it, and to gain a comparative perspective on refugee problems and their reso- tion efforts in other parts of the...
This edited book offers diverse perspectives on the Palestinian refugee problem and the possible ways to facilitate its resolution. The book contains ...
The European Court of Human Rights is faced with a huge and ev- growing workload. Up until 1998, the Court pronounced only 837 judgments, while it rendered 4. 000 judgments in the last three years alone. On 18 September 2008, the European Court of Human Rights th delivered its 10. 000 judgment; currently, there are some 100. 000 cases pending before the Court. This enormous caseload is both a testimony to the Court s success and of the considerable threat posed to the eff- tiveness of the protection of the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and its...
The European Court of Human Rights is faced with a huge and ev- growing workload. Up until 1998, the Court pronounced only 837 judgments, while it ren...
Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht die Frage, warum und wie weit die Transformationsstaaten Mittel- und Osteuropas ihre Rechtsordnungen fur uberstaatliche Rechtssysteme wie das Volkerrecht und das Gemeinschaftsrecht geoffnet haben. Als wichtigstes Merkmal fur die Offnung analysiert die Autorin Form und Grenzen der Umwandlung der uberstaatlichen Regelungen in eine komplementare Rechtsquelle. Die Erkenntnisse munden in der These, dass mit dem Grad der Offenheit einer Rechtsordnung auch die Wahrscheinlichkeit steigt, dass sie rechtsstaatlich ist.
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Im Mittelpunkt des Buches steht die Frage, warum und wie weit die Transformationsstaaten Mittel- und Osteuropas ihre Rechtsordnungen fur uberstaatl...
