Interaction and delimitation of international legal orders / / by Maria Fogdestam Agius.

• Superior document: Queen Mary Studies in International Law, Volume 16
• VerfasserIn: Agius, Maria Fogdestam,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary studies in international law ; Volume 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (569 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Interaction and Delimitation of International Legal Orders , the author describes how actions of international dispute settlement bodies set up within institutionalized treaty regimes contribute to the establishment of autonomous international legal orders. Based on examples from the WTO, the EU, the law of the sea and international environmental law, the book presents a typology of uses of legal norms and principles that are extrinsic in the sense that they derive not from the regime, but from general public international law, other treaty regimes, or the jurisprudence from courts operating in other fields. The investigation contradicts assertions that international courts will contribute to systemic integration and offers reflections on repercussions for the legitimacy of international norms and institutions.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Treaty Regimes in International Law -- General International Law as Applied in International Regimes -- Invocation of Extrinsic Rules of Conventional Law -- Invocation of Extrinsic Judgments and Decisions -- Extrinsically Informed Interpretation -- Observations and Conclusions -- List of References -- Index.