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Human dignity is a classical concept in public international law, and a core element of the human rights machinery built after the Second World War. This book reflects on the past, present and future of the concept of human dignity, focusing on the role of international lawyers in shaping the idea and their potential and actual role in protecting the rights of certain vulnerable groups of contemporary societies, such as migrant women at risk of domestic servitude, the LGB community and indigenous peoples

Under the hood of investment arbitration : general principles of law / Andrea Gattini, Attila Tanzi and Filippo Fontanelli -- General principles of law on the legal force of provisional measures in international investment arbitration / Federico Lenci -- Transparency in the arbitral procedure / Maria Beatrice Deli -- General rules and principles on state responsibility and damages in investment arbitration : some critical issues / Zeno Crespi Reghizzi -- Investment arbitration and EU general principles of law : current developments / Francesco Munari and Chiara Cellerino -- Jurisdiction ratione temporis in international investment arbitration / Andrea Gattini -- Jurisdiction and admissibility in international investment law / August Reinisch -- Multiple proceedings / Christoph Schreuer -- Annulment of awards / Piero Bernardini -- The relevance of the foreign investor's good faith / Attila Tanzi -- Human rights law in international investment arbitration / Vivian Kube and E.U. Petersmann -- Unjust enrichment as a general principle of law in investment arbitration / Christina Binder -- Sustainable development and investment : trends in law-making and arbitration / Pia Acconci -- Police powers doctrine and international investment law / Catharine Titi -- An exercise in equivocation : a critique of legitimate expectations as a general principle of law under the fair and equitable treatment standard / Josef Ostransky -- The national treatment obligation / Matteo Sarzo -- Most-favoured-nation clauses and the centrality and limits of general principles / N. Jansen Calamita and Ewa Zelazna -- Indirect expropriation : a comparative approach / Ursula Kriebaum

Dieser Band enthält die Beiträge des Österreichischen Völkerrechtstages 2008. Zu Beginn werden die völkerrechtlichen Grundlagen der Unabhängigkeitserklärung des Kosovo im Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Selbstbestimmung und territorialer Integrität behandelt. Der zweite Teil befasst sich mit immunitätsrechtlichen Fragen bezüglich Klagen von Gläubigern argentinischer Anleihen vor nationalen Gerichten. Danach wird der Notstand nach allgemeinem Gewohnheits- und Vertragsrecht mit jenem in vertraglichen Subsystemen verglichen. Neue Entwicklungen im Bereich internationaler Konflikte sind Gegenstand des vierten Teiles. Der letzte Teil befasst sich mit völkerrechtlichen Aspekten des EU-Reformvertrages, und zwar in Bezug auf die Außenbeziehungen der Union sowie die Beistandsverpflichtung. Abschließend wird Österreich-Ungarns letzte Offensive an der Piave 1918 aus militärhistorischer Sicht analysiert. (Quelle: Text Verlagseinband / Verlag)

Domestic authorities, including national courts, at times, resist accepting the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The formal division between the national and international legal orders creates space for domestic authorities to contest or avoid international binding judicial decisions. The present special issue examines domestic contestations in multiple fields of international law, including human rights and investment law. In contesting some of the international decisions, domestic authorities invoke a wide range of legal bases in resisting the effect of international decisions. The contributions in the present issue examine various such argumentative bases of contestations. The contributions also consider whether domestic resistance could give rise to the opportunity for international courts and tribunals to critically reflect on their own decisions and underlying reasoning.