Rational choice approaches to customary international law have gained in prominence in recent years. Although becoming increasingly sophisticated, they are not able to explain all phenomena of customary international law. This contribution claims that there are two different types of unwritten...

Despite large uncertainties in the fertilization efficiency, natural iron fertilization studies and some of the purposeful iron enrichment studies have demonstrated that Southern Ocean iron fertilization can lead to a significant export of carbon from the sea surface to the ocean interior. From...

Ziel der Broschüre ist es, die rechtlichen und wissenschaftlichen Hintergründe des internationalen Artenschutzübereinkommens CITES, der EG-Verordnung Nr. 338/97 und deren Umsetzung durch die Zollverwaltung in Deutschland für interessierte Menschen zu erläutern. Denn nur wer die Probleme und...

Ziel der Broschüre ist es, die rechtlichen und wissenschaftlichen Hintergründe des internationalen Artenschutzübereinkommens CITES, der EG-Verordnung Nr. 338/97 und deren Umsetzung durch die Zollverwaltung in Deutschland für interessierte Menschen zu erläutern. Denn nur wer die Probleme und...

In their majority, public international lawyers postulate that for a new rule of customary law to originate, two conditions must be fulfilled: there must be consistent practice, and it must be shown that this practice is motivated by the belief that such behaviour is required in law. Maurice...

The assignment will be focusing on International court of justice acts that helped in development of international law directly or indirectly. International law itself is weak law because of heterogenic nature of state’s laws. Few of them overlap each other few of them don’t. International...

These remarks delivered at the 2008 ASIL meeting, critique the notion of progress as it is deployed in discussion of international law. Drawing on human rights and environmental law, this brief essay describes the disconnect between progress in enacting international law and progress in...

Alarming predictions have been made about the potential for climate change to fuel war and other forms of violent or social conflict, particularly due to resource scarcities (including food, water and energy) driven by climate change. This article first charts the likely security risks arising...

Rational choice approaches to customary international law have gained in prominence in recent years. Although becoming increasingly sophisticated, they are not able to explain all phenomena of customary international law. This contribution claims that there are two different types of unwritten...