Economic analysis of international law / / edited by Thomas Eger, Stefan Oeter and Stefan Voigt.

• Author: Travemünde Symposium on the Economic Analysis of Law
• TeilnehmendeR: Eger, Thomas,; Oeter, Stefan,; Voigt, Stefan,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen, Germany : : Mohr Siebeck,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The topics covered in this volume range from classics of the on-going discussion on the economic analysis of international law - such as the issue of legitimacy of customary international law - to more recent topics such as internet privacy, private military contractors, the fight against piracy, the International Criminal Court and the highly topical issue of land grabbing.

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Stefan Oeter: The Legitimacy of Customary International Law; Abstract; A. Why Bother about Customary International Law?; B. Defining the Key Terms; C. Some Theory: On the Incentive Structure of Customary International Law; D. Some Practical Issues: Operational Details of Customary International Law; I. State Practice; II. Opinio Juris; III. Changes in Customary International Law; E. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Georg von Wangenheim: Comment on Stefan Oeter; A. Coordination and Dilemma?; B. Unperturbed Stage Games

C. Random Perturbations in Coordination GamesD. Behavioural Regularity or Legal Rule?; E. Conclusions; Bibliography; Discussion on Stefan Oeter summarized by José Caiado; Stefan Voigt: The Economics of Informal International Law - An Empirical Assessment; A. Motivation; B. Defining the key terms; C. Some theory: on the benefits and costs of informal international law; I. Differences in transaction costs; II. The choice of law as the choice of governance structure; III. Mutual cooperation in the prisoners' dilemma; IV. Hypotheses; D. Taking Stock

E. Comparing the stock across countries: domestic institutions as determinants of the choice between formal and informal lawF. Open questions: possible next steps; Bibliography; Peter Lewisch: Comment on Stefan Voigt; A. Introduction; B. Key Features from Voigt; I. Legal Questions; II. Analytics; III. Empirical Findings; C. Conclusion; Discussion on Stefan Voigt summarized by Christoph Kimmerle; Haksoo Ko: Law and Technology of Data Privacy: A Case for International Harmonization; A. Introduction; B. Online Tracking; I. Tracking Technologies; 1. Cookies; 2. Other Tracking Methods

II. Use of Tracked Information1. Tracking and Analytics; 2. Advertisement; 3. Other Uses; C. Regulatory Responses; I. Concerns over Data Privacy; II. Current Regulations; 1. The E.U.: Data Protection Directive and Other Directives; 2. The U.S. Regulatory Framework; III. Reform Proposals: the E.U. and the U.S.; D. International Harmonization; I. Divergent Interests; II. Divergent Regulatory Approaches; E. Options for Cooperation and Harmonization; I. 'Soft' Cooperation; II. Procedural Cooperation; III. Substantive Harmonization; F. Conclusion; Bibliography

Michael Fehling: Comment on Haksoo KoA. Introduction; B. Economic and Legal Foundations of Internet Privacy; I. In search for a rationale of data protection on the internet; II. The right of privacy between private parties; III. Necessary level of protection; C. Strategies of consumer protection of privacy in internet communication; I. The appropriate scope of paternalism in the law; II. Judging legislation on internet privacy from this perspective; III. The legal framework on data protection; D. Protecting privacy in a multi-level regulatory network; I. Transnational problems, national law

II. The legal solution: "Regulated Self-Regulation"