OUVRAGE : M. Heupel, T. Reinold (eds.), The Rule of Law in Global Governance

Monika HEUPEL, Theresa REINOLD

This book explores whether the co-existence of (partially) overlapping and sometimes competing layers of authority, which characterizes today's global order, undermines or rather strengthens efforts to promote the rule of law on a global scale. Heupel and Reinold argue that whether multi-level governance and global legal pluralism have beneficial or detrimental effects on the international rule of law depends on specific scope conditions. Among these are the mobilization of powerful states and courts, as well as the fit between soft law and hard law arrangements. The volume comprises seven case studies written by International Relations and International Law scholars. Bridging the gap between political science and legal scholarship, the volume enables an interdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of an international rule of law. It also provides much needed empirical research on the implications of multi-level governance and global legal pluralism for the rule of law beyond the nation state. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Theresa Reinold, Monika Heupel, Introduction: The Rule of Law in an Era of Multi-level Governance and Global Legal Pluralism

Part I

SECONDARY RULES

Charlotte Ku and Paul F. Diehl, The Primary Effects of Secondary Rules: Institutions and Multi-level Governance 

Helmut Philipp Aust, The Rules of Interpretation as Secondary Rules: The Perspective of Domestic Courts 

Theresa Reinold, The United Nations Security Council and the Politics of Secondary Rule-Making

Part II

ACCOUNTABILITY

Gisela Hirschmann, Accountability Dynamics and the Emergence of an International Rule of Law for Detentions in Multilateral Peace Operations 

Monika Heupel, Human Rights Protection in International Organizations in the Era of Multi-level Governance and Legal Pluralism 

Magdalena Bexell, Multi-level Governance and the Rule of International Human Rights Law: The Case of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights 

Anna Leander, Whitelisting and the Rule of Law: Legal Technologies and Governance in Contemporary Commercial Security

Index

Monika HEUPEL, Theresa REINOLD (eds.), The Rule of Law in Global Governance, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 (249 pp.)

Monika Heupel is Junior Professor for International and European Politics at the University of Bamberg, Germany. Her research focuses on the legitimacy of international institutions and on international organizations’ and advanced democracies’ commitment to human rights. Recent work has been published in International Studies Quarterly and European Journal of International Relations.

Theresa Reinold is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Leiden University, the Netherlands. She received her PhD from Tuebingen University and has been a visiting scholar at Yale, Harvard, and New York University. Her research focuses on the interaction of politics and law in global governance.