englischIn view of the current geopolitical threat environment, enhanced Franco-German and European armaments cooperation is urgently required. This thesis shows that neither the bilateral Franco-German nor the European legal frameworks are sufficiently reliable to ensure the consistent realisation [...]

englischWhile many international organisations were seen as mere fora for state cooperation in their early stages, states have assigned them more and more tasks and many organisations act with increasing autonomy. Likewise, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the [...]

englischThis book offers a detailed analysis of the shortcomings and potentials of conflict resolution under international law. Based on the conflict in Ukraine, the author sheds light on general enforcement deficits inherent in international law and raises the question of possible remedies in the [...]

englischThe first collection of key texts on post- and decolonial legal theory and TWAIL in German translation. The theoretical portion of the book is supplemented by practice-based reflections from activists and lawyers, which serve to consider, add to or challenge the theoretical approaches. These [...]

englischWhat is the value of a treaty if a suspension of essential obligations remains possible? The study approaches this question by a comparative legal analysis of Art. 4 ICCPR, Art. 15 ECHR and Art. XIX GATT. For this purpose, it analyses the history of their origin, the derogation practice and [...]

englischThis analysis takes all relevant violent non-state actors into consideration instead of restricting the examination to just one. It takes a comparative angle to discuss whether terrorists, pirates, private security companies and civil war parties are treated coherently under public [...]

englischThis book introduces agreements concluded in the context of non-international armed conflicts into the debate on the significance and development of public international law, especially international humanitarian law. As the appropriateness of norms of international humanitarian law and [...]

englischThe Bush Doctrine has been highly contested in international law ever since it was implemented as the US’s National Security Strategy after 11th September, 2001. More than a decade later, this book explores whether the Bush Doctrine has led to a change in international law.

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englischThis thesis critically analyses the highly topical and controversial issue of a state's recourse to the right of self-defence, according to Article 51 of the UN Charter, in cases of attacks by non-state actors, a problem that has gained further relevance in the fight against the so-called [...]

englischThe terms „intervention“ and „interference“ have been well known for quite some time in international politics and in international law. International disputes are almost always, at least partially, accompanied by the allegation of an unlawful intervention in domestic matters. For well over [...]