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

Working Papers

Neither Dr Jekyll, nor Mr Hyde, Just a National Judge… National Courts’ Strategies of Resistance to International Law

Infrastructural Developmentalism and its Many Types of Global Law – A Comparison between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Cities and Local Governments: International Development from Below?

The Jurisprudence of the Rules-Based Order: Germany's Indo-Pacific Guidelines and the South China Sea Code of Conduct

Possible Indirect Legal Effects under International Law of Non-Legally Binding Instruments

A Multilateral Track for Sustainable Development Along the Belt and Road: Aligning Country Ownership with International Rule of Law

Regional Approaches to International Law (RAIL): Rise or Decline of International Law?

Populism, the Pandemic & Prospects for International Law

Norm(ative) Change in International Relations: A Conceptual Framework

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"