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Preliminary Material / Felix Dasser --Setting the Stage / Felix Dasser --The origin : soft law in public international law / Felix Dasser --The transfer : the rise of the concept in ICA / Felix Dasser --Phenomenology : the most often mentioned "soft law" sources and instruments / Felix Dasser --Deep dive I : the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010) / Felix Dasser --Deep dive II : the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interests in International Arbitration (2014) / Felix Dasser --Deep dive III : the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration / Felix Dasser --Synthesis / Felix Dasser --Whither hence ? / Felix Dasser --Bibliography / Felix Dasser --About the Author / Felix Dasser.

This book provides for an extensive legal analysis of the international drug control system in light of the growing challenges and criticism that this system faces. In the current debate on global drug policy, the central pillars of the international drug control system – the UN Drug Conventions as well as its institutions – are portrayed as outdated, suppressive and seen as an obstacle to necessary changes. The book's objective is to provide an in-depth and positivist insight into drug control's present legal framework and thus provide for a better understanding of the normative assumptions upon which drug control is currently based. This is attained by clarifying the objectives of the international drug control system and the premises by which these objectives are to be achieved. The objective ofthe currentglobal framework of international drug control is the limitation of drugs to medical and scientific purposes. The meaning of this objective and its concrete implications for States' parties as well asits problems from the perspective of other regimes of international law, most notably international human rights law, are extensively analysed. Additionally, the book focuses on how the international drug control system attempts to reach the objective of confining drugs to medical and scientific purposes, i.e. by setting up a universal system that exercises a rigid control on drug supply. The consequences of this heavy focus on the reduction of drug supply are outlined, and the book concludes by making suggestions on how the international drug control system could be reformed in the near future in order to better meet the existing challenges.The analysis occurs from a general international law perspective. It aims to map the international drug control system within a wider context of international law and to understand whether the problemsthat the international drug control system faces are exemplary for the difficulties that institutionalized systems of global scope face in the twenty-first century.

Introduction -- Energy in international law -- Foundational approach : international energy transactions -- Ad hoc approach : joint development of hydrocarbons -- Ad hoc approach : hydroelectricity, offshore wind, pipelines and electricity transmission lines -- Centralised approach : nuclear energy -- Centralised approach : producer/consumer, promotion and regional cooperation organisations -- International law and the energy transformation -- Conclusion.

"In a world of growing public interest over global matters, and criticisms over multilateralism to adequately address them, the role of international courts and tribunals in the resolution of disputes is shifting. A central aspect of this shift is whether and how international courts and tribunals can be used to resolve such disputes in the public interest. This practice, referred to as public interest litigation, is the object of this collection, which identifies some recent developments, trends and prospects in this growing practice. Its aim is to assess the degree to which the bilateral design of international courts and tribunals can adapt to the shift towards a public approach to international litigation. Engaging with various fields where public interest litigation exists (such as human rights, climate change, global health and criminal law) it identifies recent developments, trends and prospects in this practice. The selected pieces provide a flavour of the types of issues that have arisen before international judicial bodies (for instance the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, international arbitral tribunals, regional human rights bodies or criminal courts) and explores issues that may arise in the future"--