International law between universalism and fragmentation : : festschrift in honour of Gerhard Hafner / / edited by Isabelle Buffard ... [and others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Buffard, Isabelle.; Hafner, Gerhard.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff eBook titles 2008
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1132 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This Festschrift is published on the occasion of Gerhard Hafner’s 65th birthday and his retirement as a professor at the University of Vienna. It assembles a great number of renowned friends and colleagues in international law honouring Gerhard Hafner’s outstanding career as scholar, diplomat, legal adviser and arbitrator. The diversity of areas selected for this Festschrift reflects the generalist approach of Gerhard Hafner towards international law. Among the topics on which his contribution was particularly influential are the fragmentation of international law, the law of State immunity and international criminal law, which feature prominently in the Festschrift . Other areas covered are the theory of international law (including sources), basic principles of international law, codification of international law, subjects of international law, international dispute settlement, the law of the sea and international environmental law, human rights and humanitarian law and the law of the European Union.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Isabelle Buffard , James Crawford , Alain Pellet and Stephan Wittich -- 1. Einige Persönliche Bemerkungen Zu Gerhard Hafner / Hans Winkler -- 2. Gerhard Hafner – Porträt Eines Österreichischen Völkerrechtlers / Franz Cede -- 3. Une Relecture De La Théorie Des Sous-systèmes En Droit International / Isabelle Buffard -- 4. Hierarchy in International Law within the Context of Its Fragmentation / Zdzislaw Galicki -- 5. Hard Law Strikes Back – How the Recent Focus on the Rule of Law Promotes Compliance with Norms in International Relations / Axel Marschik -- 6. The Concept of International Community in International Law: Theory and Reality / Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao -- 7. The Proliferation of International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: the Threat of Fragmentation vs. The Promise of a More Effective System? Some Refl Ections from the Perspective of Investment Arbitration / August Reinisch -- 8. Boundaries of Justice? an International Law Approach / Daniel Thürer -- 9. Rechtliche Hegung Von Gewalt Zwischen Theorie Und Praxis / Michael Bothe -- 10. The Three Cores of Aggression / Antonio Remiro Brotóns -- 11. Intergenerational Equity Revisited / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- 12. Democratization: Supply-Stimulated or Demand-Induced? / Rein Müllerson -- 13. The Principle of Non-Discrimination in International Economic Law: a Conceptual and Historical Sketch / Friedl Weiss -- 14. The Prohibition to Use Force afterSixty Years of Abuse / Karl Zemanek -- 15. The Pacta Sunt Servanda Rule in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: a Pillar and Its Safeguards / Christina Binder -- 16. Variations on the Theme of‘ Soft International Law’ / Hanspeter Neuhold -- 17. The Rule of Law, Codifi Cation and the Role of Gerhard Hafner / Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff -- 18. The General Assembly and the International Law Commission: What Happens to the Commission’s Work and Why? / Michael Wood -- 19. Implications of the Independence of Kosovo for International Law / Wolfgang Benedek -- 20. The Merits and Defects of the 2004 UN Convention on State Immunity: Gerhard Hafner’s Contribution to Its Adoption by the United Nations / Hazel Fox -- 21. The International Customary Law Nature of Immunity from Measures of Constraint for State Cultural Property on Loan / Andrea Gattini -- 22. La Création De l’Etat d’Israël À La Lumière Du Droit International / Marcelo G. Kohen -- 23. Legal Personality or Not – the Recent Attempts to Improve the Status of the OSCE / Helmut Tichy and Ulrike Köhler -- 24. In the Twilight Zones of the State / Christian Tomuschat -- 25. Some Peculiarities of the UN Convention onJ Urisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property: a Footnote on the Codifi Cation Technique / Tullio Treves -- 26. Responsibility of States and Individuals for Genocide and Other International Crimes / Vladimir-Djuro Degan -- 27. Individuelle versus Staatenverantwortlichkeit Im Zusammenhang Mit Völkermord / Frank Höpfel -- 28. The International Criminal Court – International Humanitarian Law at Work / Hans-Peter Kaul -- 29. ‘Irrelevance of Offi Cial Capacity’ – Article 27 Rome Statute Undermined by Obligations under International Law or by Agreement (Article 98)? / Otto Triffterer.