Intlaw Research Group (KFG) „The International Rule of Law

Working Papers

The United States and the International Law of Global Security

The WTO’s Crisis: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Judicial Independence at International Courts and Tribunals: Lessons Drawn From the Experiences of the International Court of Justice and the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organisation

Pronouncements of Expert Treaty Bodies: From ‘Black Boxes’ to ‘Key Catalysts’ in International Law?

Rise and Decline of International Rule of Law: Case of Non-State Armed Actors

Resurgent Authoritarianism and the International Rule of Law

How to Identify Customary International Law? – On the Final Outcome of the Work of the International Law Commission (2018)

Holding Domestic Judges Accountable under International Criminal Law – A Useful Step to Foster the International Rule of Law?

Human Rights Courts and Global Constitutionalism: Coordination through Judicial Dialogue

Values and Power Relations – The “Disillusionment” of International Law?

Selecting Investment Arbitrators: Reconciling Party Autonomy and the International Rule of Law

A Renaissance of the Doctrine of Rebus Sic Stantibus?

Securing of Resources as a Valid Reason for Using Force? – A Pre-Emptive Defence of the Prohibition on the Use of Force

The Double-facing Foreign Relations Function of the Executive and Its Self-enforcing Obligation to Comply with International Law

Populist Governments and International Law

The Assault on International Adjudication and the Limits of Withdrawal

A Metamorphosis of International Law? Value changes in the international legal order from the perspectives of legal and political science

International Women’s Rights: Progress Under Attack?

Entrenching International Values Through Positive Law: The (Limited) Effect of Peremptory Norms

Matters of Interpretation: How to Conceptualize and Evaluate Change of Norms and Values in the International Legal Order

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union: Rise or Decline of Collective Security in Africa?

Authority in International Law

Equilibrium & Fragmentation in the International Rule of Law: The Rising Chinese Geolegal Order

International Law and National Perspective in a Time of Globalization: The Persistence of a National Identity in Italian Scholarship of International Law

"Challenging the Paris Peace Treaties, State Sovereignty, and Western-Dominated International Law – The Multifaceted Genesis of the Jus Cogens Doctrine"

"Fake News and International Law"

"The Functions of Law and Their Challenges: The Differentiated Functionality of International Law"

"International Rule of Law Through International Investment Law - Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities"

"Sentenza 238/2014 of the Italian Constitutional Court and the International Rule of Law"

"Analytical Presentation of the Comments and Observations by States on Draft Article 7, paragraph 1, of the ILC Draft Articles on Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction, United Nations General Assembly, Sixth Committee, 2017"

“Certiorari Through the Backdoor? - The Judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in Burmych and Others V. Ukraine in Perspective”

"Bringing States to Justice for Crimes against Humanity – The Compromissory Clause in the ILC Draft Convention on Crimes against Humanity"

"Berlin – New York: A few observations on Germany in the United Nations"

"Protection of Foreign Investment in India and International Rule of Law: Rise or Decline?"

"The Rule of Law in the 2030 Agenda"

"Between Systematization and Expertise for Foreign Policy: The Practice-Oriented Approach in Germany’s International Legal Scholarship (1920–1980)"

"The Requisite Rigour in the Identification of Customary International Law:
A Look at the Reports of the Special Rapporteur of the International Law Commission"