The article examines norm conflicts, defined as situations where one norm constitutes, has led to, or may lead to a breach of another, and particularly those norm conflicts in which one of the conflicting norms is a rule of human rights law. Such instances occur more and more every day, are...

The paper argues that we witness a move away from the divide between national and international law. The significance of the boundary between national and international law is decreasing because a separation of legal spheres, as it was the subject of intense debate in the 20th century, is based...

US refugee law reflects an ever-increasing conception that the application of international standards would constitute an unacceptable risk to national security. CSR Article 31(2) s requirement that refugees shall not be detained unless necessary appears among the chief casualties of such...

For Member States of the European Union, participation in this supranational organization has increased the number of difficulties in the international arena. Occasionally, the expanding legislative activity of the European institutions reaches out beyond the borders of the European legal system...

The 20th century saw the transformation of international law into a legal discipline concerned with the practical application of law. It was fuelled by a manifold variety of treaties, procedures and institutions. Still, international lawyers persisted in conceiving and judging their discipline...