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"Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. And yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to assert the universal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has been influenced, if not directed, by political power. Over the past decade, discourse has tended to focus on the implications for international law of a unipolar world, characterised by US hegemony. However, that the international system may now be experiencing a tendency towards multipolarity, with various sites of power able to exert a telling influence on international relations and international law. Recent events such as Russia's excursion into Georgia, the breakdown of the Doha round of trade negotiations, the USA's questionable actions in the War on Terror, the prominence of emerging nuclear powers, China's assertions of its own interests on a global scale, and the rise of regional trading blocs, all pose significant questions for international law and the international legal order. International Law in a Multipolar World features contributions from a range of contributors including Nigel White, Michael Schmitt, Richard Burchill, Alexander Orakhelashvili and Christian Pippan, addressing some of the questions that multipolarity poses for the international legal system. The contributions to the volume explore issues including the use of force, governance, sovereign equality, regionalism and the relevance of the United Nations in a multipolar world, considering the overarching theme of the relationship between power and law"--

"Postcolonialism in International Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.

Seit der Errichtung des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs wurde sein Mandat wiederholt mit der Schaffung von Opfergerechtigkeit, »justice für victims«, beschrieben. Maßgeblicher Teil dessen ist die Anordnung von Opferentschädigung gegen die vom IStGH verurteilten Täter. Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof hat nunmehr drei Reparationsentscheidungen gefällt. Es zeigt sich, dass Wiedergutmachung im Bereich der Makrokriminalität nicht trivial ist. Unterschiedliche rechtliche Verständnisse und Ansätze können zu sehr unterschiedlichen Rechtauffassungen führen. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Reparationsregime des IStGH. Ausgehend von allgemeinen Gedanken zum Ziel und Zweck des Reparationsregimes, werden die Anspruchsvoraussetzungen des Art. 75 IStGH-Stauts analysiert, in der Konturierung, die die Tatbestandsvoraussetzungen durch die Entscheidungen Lubanga, Katanga und Al Mahdi erhalten haben. / »Reparations at the International Criminal Court« -- Since the International Criminal Court was founded it has issued three orders for reparations. It has become obvious that reparations in the context of mass crimes are complex. The decisions reveal fundamental different understandings of the law governing the reparations claim at the International Criminal Court. This book analyses the decisions and makes suggestions in the hope for more tangible justice for victims at the International Criminal Court.

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As tariffs have fallen dramatically over the past decades, behind-the-border measures—such as technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures—have become increasingly important for international trade policy. To facilitate trade, governments sign trade agreements in which they agree to base such measures on international standards. But who actually develops these standards? This book takes a close look at the International Organization for Standardization and the Codex Alimentarius – two prominent standard-setting organizations in the area of TBT and SPS – to investigate how international standardization influences the design of international trade agreements, and vice versa.

International development is in a period of transition. While the outcome of this is still unclear, this article argues that there are at least four areas in which the project of international development is changing. First, there is a debate, especially within the World Bank, about development strategy and how we think about development, particularly in terms of the balance between states and markets. This is evident in the debate over state failure and the new structural economics. Second, there is increasing evidence of a shift in lending, away from projects of 'small' human development, perhaps best encapsulated by the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, towards more transformative 'big' development projects such as infrastructure. Third, 'non-traditional' aid donors and new forms of private philanthropy are playing a more significant role in development financing and this, in turn, offers developing countries a new range of choices about what kinds of development assistance they receive. Fourth, aid relations are changing as a result of the renewed agency of developing states, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and shifts towards increased South-South cooperation are growing as evidenced by increased funding from regional development banks and increased trade flows. The article reviews these changes and suggests a series of questions and challenges that arise from them for analysts of international development, developing countries and traditional aid donors. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)