OUVRAGE : D.-E. Khan, E. Lagrange, S. Oeter, C. Walter (eds.), Democracy and Sovereignty: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Public International Law

Daniel-Erasmus KHAN, Evelyne LAGRANGE, Stefan OETER, Christian WALTER

At a time where multilateralism is coming under increasing pressure, a new reflection on the foundations of international law is warranted. Democracy and Sovereignty: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Public International Law addresses urgent new and intrinsically international subject areas, such as digitalization, climate change and transborder investments. This volume looks at the changing role of state sovereignty and explores more democratic modes of legitimation in order to supplement the traditional concept of state consent, and sharpen the notion of democracy itself.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface, Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Evelyne Lagrange, Stefan Oeter, Christian Walter
Notes on Contributors, Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Evelyne Lagrange, Stefan Oeter, Christian Walter

Chapter 1. Stefan Oeter, Democracy: Fundamental Building-Block of the International Order?

PART I
THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES

Chapter 2. Christian Pippan, Pro-democratic Interventionism Revisited
Chapter 3. Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen, Democracy and the Rule of Law. Articulating the National and International Judiciary with Majoritarian Will: Some Thoughts Based on a Comparative Approach of the Regional Human Rights Courts (RHRC) Case Law
Chapter 4. Lando Kirchmair, On the Importance of a Sense of Truth for a Democratic Legal Culture and the International Order
Chapter 5. Edith Vanspranghe, La relation contrariée entre souveraineté et démocratie au prisme des approches critiques du droit international

PART 2
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Chapter 6. Stephanie Schiedermair, Journalists in Danger and the Possibilities of International Law
Chapter 7. Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack, Freedom of Association. The Shrinking Space of Civil Society

PART 3
DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PRACTICE

Chapter 8. Emanuel Castellarin, Democracy Promotion and Development Cooperation Between Business as Usual and the End of the “End of History”
Chapter 9. Christina Binder, Election Observation and Assistance. Their Potential for Democracy Promotion with Special Focus on Challenges in Times of COVID-19
Chapter 10. Ioannis Prezas, Democratic Sanctions and International Law
Chapter 11. Angelika Nußberger, Júlia Miklasová, Council of Europe as the Guardian of Democracy. The Venice Commission

PART 4
EMERGING ISSUES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

Chapter 12. Daniel Ventura, Democracy through the Lens of Digital Surveillance. An Assessment of the Legitimacy of General Principles of Law
Chapter 13. Markus P. Beham, Environmental Security and Wealth: a Realist Perspective on Climate Change
Chapter 14. Kevin Grimmeiß, (Re-)Introducing Finiteness to Sovereignty. A New Way of Shaping the Law on Climate Change?
Chapter 15. Shehrazade El-Hajjar, Le droit international des investissements. Exercice ou limitation de la souveraineté étatique ?
Chapter 16. Yannick Mihnzou Kouassi, Remise en cause et volonté de réforme du droit international des investissements. Réflexions à partir des Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)

PART 5
CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 17. Christian Tomuschat, Concluding Remarks
Chapter 18. Evelyne Lagrange, Conclusions

Daniel-Erasmus KHAN, Evelyne LAGRANGE, Stefan OETER, Christian WALTER (eds.), Democracy and Sovereignty: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Public International Law,
Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2022 (440 pp.)