Towards an international law of co-progressiveness. / Part II, : Membership, leadership and responsibility / / by Sienho Yee.

• Superior document: Developments in International Law, Volume 71
• VerfasserIn: Yee, Sienho,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Developments in international law ; Volume 71.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Expanding upon the normative position of co-progressiveness elaborated in Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness (Martinus Nijhoff, 2004), this volume explores membership, leadership, and responsibility in the international system and how these matters reflect and inform international la...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• 1. The International Law of Co-progressiveness: The Descriptive Observation, the Normative Position and Some Core Principles
• 2. We Are All “Civilized Nations”: Arguments for Cleaning up Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice
• 3. The Kosovo Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice
• 4. The International Law of Co-progressiveness and the Co-progressiveness of Civilizations
• 5. The Role of Law in the Formation of Regional Perspectives on Human Rights and Regional Systems for the Protection of Human Rights: The European and Asian Models as Illustrations
• 6. The Intrinsic and Instrumental Values of Diversity and the Settlement of the Conflicts between Them: Some Philosophical and Legal Considerations
• 7. Public Opinion
• 8. Sovereign Equality of States and the Legitimacy of Leader States
• 9. Towards a Harmonious World: The Roles of the International Law of Co-progressiveness and Leader States
• 10. Military Activities in the EEZ: Moving the Debate to Article 59 of the UNCLOS
• 11. Sustainable Development, International Law and China
• 12. The Dynamic Interplay between the Interpreters of Security Council Resolutions
• 13. En Route to the Final Shape of the UNCLOS Dispute Settlement System: Some Pivotal Negotiating Procedural Steps Worthy of Consideration by Future Treaty-makers and Leaders in Treaty-making
• 14. Reform Proposals regarding the International Court of Justice: Final Report for the ILA Study Group on United Nations Reform
• 15. The Presidency of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the “National State Extension” Concern
• 16. The Responsibility of States Members of an International Organization for Its Conduct as a Result of Membership or Their Normal Conduct Associated with Membership
• 17. ‘Member Responsibility’ and the ILC Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations: Some Observations
• 18. Universal Jurisdiction: Concept, Logic, and Reality
• Index.