General principles and the coherence of international law / / edited by Mads Andenas, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Attila Tanzi, Jan Wouters ; associate editor, Ludovica Chiussi.

• TeilnehmendeR: Andenæs, Mads Tønnesson, 1957-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill/Nijhoff,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary Studies in International Law 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 460 pages).

General Principles and the Coherence of International Law provides a collection of intellectually stimulating contributions from leading international lawyers to the discourse on the role of general principles in international law. Offering a comprehensive analysis of the doctrines, practices, and debates on general principles of law, the volume assesses their role in safeguarding the coherence of the international legal system. This important book addresses the relationship between principles of law and the other sources of international law, explores the interplay between principles of law and domestic and regional legal systems and the role of principles of law with regard to three specific regimes of international law: investment law, human rights law and environmental law.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Notes on Contributors -- General Principles and the Coherence of International Law: Setting the Scene / Jan Wouters , Mads Andenas , Malgosia Fitzmaurice , Attila Tanzi and Ludovica Chiussi -- Cohesion, Convergence and Coherence of International Law / Mads Andenas and Ludovica Chiussi -- General Principles in the Jurisprudence of the icj / Giorgio Gaja -- General Principles and the Other Sources of International Law -- The Role of General Principles in Promoting the Development of Customary International Rules / Paolo Palchetti -- General Principles of Law, Jus Cogens and the Unity of the International Legal Order / Robert Kolb -- General Principles Infra, Praeter, Contra Legem? The Role of Equity in Determining Reparation / Enrico Milano -- The Juridical Nature of General Principles / Johann R Leiss -- General Principles as Principles of International Legal Pragmatics: The Relevance of Good Faith for the Application of Treaty Law / Ulf Linderfalk -- Conclusions: General Principles and the other Sources of International Law / Martins Paparinskis -- The Interplay with National and Regional Legal Systems -- General Principles of EU Law and General International Law / Emanuel Castellarin -- The Interpretation of UN Security Council Resolutions between Regional and General International Law: What Role for General Principles? / Matthias Lippold -- The Role of Domestic Law in the Identification of General Principles of Law under Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice / Daniel Costelloe -- Conclusions: The Role of General Principles in a Multi-layered Legal Setting / Jan Wouters -- General Principles and International Investment Law -- General Principles of Commercial law and International Investment Law / Andrea Carlevaris -- Unjust Enrichment as a Primary Rule of International Law / Ben Juratowitch and James Shaerf -- General Principles and the Coherence of International Investment Law: of Res Judicata, Lis Pendens and the Value of Precedents / Philipp Janig and August Reinisch -- Conclusions: Testing General Principles of Law in International Investment Law: Between Principles and Rules of International Law / Attila Tanzi -- General Principles and International Human Rights Law -- Deciphering and Revisiting the (Guiding) Principles on Business and Human Rights / Régis Bismuth -- Reparation Principles at the International Criminal Court / Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo -- The Principle of Human Dignity in International Law / Ginevra Le Moli -- Conclusions / Photini Pazartzis and Matina Papadaki -- General Principles and International Environmental and Cultural Heritage Law -- Environmental Impact Assessment and the Precautionary Approach: Why Are International Courts and Tribunals Reluctant to Consider Them as General Principles of Law? / Tullio Treves -- General Principles Applicable to International Cultural Heritage Law / Francesco Francioni -- General Principles of International Environmental Law in the Case Law of International Courts and Tribunals / Makane Moïse Mbengue and Brian McGarry -- Conclusions: General Principles and Developing Areas of International Law / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Concluding Remarks / Abdulqawi A Yusuf -- Back Matter -- Index.