The Judicialization of International Law: A Mixed Blessing?

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· Oxford University Press
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The influence of international courts is ubiquitous, covering areas from the law of the sea to international criminal law. This judicialization of international law is often lauded for bringing effective global governance, upholding the rule of law, and protecting the right of individuals. Yet at what point does the omnipresence of the international judiciary shackle national sovereign freedom? And can the lack of political accountability be justified? Follesdal and Ulfstein bring together the crème de la crème of the legal academic world to ask the big questions for the international judiciary: whether they are there for mere dispute settlement or to set precedent, and how far they can enforce international obligations without impacting on democratic self-determination.

About the author

Andreas Follesdal is a Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Oslo, as well as the Co-Director of PluriCourts, a Centre of Excellence for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order. He has been the Principal Investigator in the European Research Council Advanced Grant MultiRights, which investigated the legitimacy of the multi-level human rights judiciary. With a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard University, Follesdal publishes in the field of political philosophy, mainly on issues of international political theory, globalisation, Europeanisation, Human Rights, and Socially Responsible Investing. Geir Ulfstein is a Professor of Law at the University of Oslo, the Co-Director of PluriCourts, this being the Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, as well as the Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights at the University of Oslo. He has published in different areas of international law, including the law of the sea, international environmental law, international human rights and international institutional law, he is Co-chair of the International Law Association's Study Group on the 'Content and Evolution of the Rules of Interpretation', and is the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board in Luxembourg.

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