Judicial Decisions in International Law Argumentation: Between Entrapment and Creativity
In: Studies in International Law Ser.
Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- I. The 'Judicialisation Turn' in International Law -- II. Arguments -- III. Legal Interpretation as a Form of Argumentation -- IV. Scope and Limits of the Book -- V. Book Outline -- 2. Courts and the Argumentation of International Law -- I. A Legal Realist Perspective on Courts -- II. Discretion in Legal Interpretation -- A. Rule-Bound Justification -- B. Choosing between Competing Courses of Action -- III. Courts' Argumentation: Between Logic and Persuasion -- IV. Governing Judicial Decisions -- A. Following Judicial Decisions: An Internal Perspective -- B. Judicial Decisions as a Sufficient Basis of Justification in the Practice of International Criminal Law? -- 3. Rethinking Judicial Decisions beyond Formal Architectures -- I. Genesis and Historical Development of International Criminal Law: A Plurality of Courts -- II. General Effects of Regime Development -- III. The Seeds of Universalism -- IV. National Courts and International Crimes -- V. Approaching Judicial Decisions in National Adjudication -- VI. Courts Citing Judicial Decisions: An Interim Evaluation -- 4. The Entrapment of Judicial Decisions -- I. Citing Judicial Decisions as a Structuring Device: Incrementalism versus Revisionism -- II. The Road Towards the Stabilisation of Interpretive Outcomes -- A. Interpreting 'Protected Group' in Genocide Cases -- B. Discretion in the Interpretive Practices of 'Protected Group' -- C. Accepting Interpretive Outcomes: The Import of the ICC Statute -- D. Interpretation as an Incremental Process of Content Formation -- III. Deferring to the International Acquis: The Role of National Courts in Interpreting 'Protected Group' -- IV. From Stabilisation to Perfect Alignment of Interpretive Outcomes: The Case of 'Armed Conflict'.