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A major re-thinking of the concept of hegemony in international relations. On the basis of historical examples, Ian Clark presents an innovative scheme for rethinking hegemony, and applies it to the U.S. role in international organizations, in East Asia, and in the policy on climate change

To discuss the history of international economic law since theAmerican Journal of International Lawwas first published in 1907 requires the author to project categories common to the parlance of 2006 back to times when theywere unknown. So far as it appears, the term did not become current until after World War II. Its scope is controversial. According to one definition, it encompasses "the total range of norms (directly or indirectly based on treaties) of public international law with regard to transnational economic relations." A wide variety of international law rules have been said to have a financial impact somewhere. For practical purposes, in this essay I define international economic law as the international law regulating transborder transactions in goods, services, currency, investment, and intellectual property. I exclude from the inquiry issues of private international law, as well as of economic warfare.

Ironically, since 11 September 2001, world politics seems to have taken a turn towards certainty. This article is an intervention that demonstrates how the illusion of the sovereign state in an insecure and anarchic international system is sustained and how it might be challenged. It does so through a Derridean analysis of Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society. The article examines how International Relations (IR) thinking works; it teases out the implications of our reading of Bull's work and proposes that what we call generalising the international could lead to an alternative analysis of world politics, one that retains an openness to the future and to politics. Copyright © British International Studies Association.

"This book is the first full length manuscript to draw on the the insights and techniques of deconstruction to analyse international relations. Influenced primarily by Derrida, it critiques the cornerstones of international relations such as modernity, the state, the subject, security and ethics and justice"--

A critical intervention in international communications, in which an array of eminent scholars challenge the Western-dominated conceptions of the field

Die erfolgreiche Lösung von praktischen Fällen gehört zu den wichtigsten Fähigkeiten, über die JuristInnen verfügen müssen. Das neue Casebook "Internationales Recht" soll die Studierenden gezielt im Erwerb dieser Fähigkeit unterstützen und zugleich eine anschauliche und praxisnahe Ergänzung zu den einschlägigen Lehrbüchern bieten. Den Fällen und ihren Lösungen wird eine deutsche und eine englische Fassung gegenüber gestellt. Je nach universitären oder beruflichen Anforderungen kann daher die Falllösung auch in der Sprache des internationalen Rechts – also Englisch – trainiert werden. Mehr als die Hälfte der insgesamt 15 Fälle basiert auf tatsächlichen Ereignissen, wie sie in jüngster Zeit in der Tagespresse thematisiert wurden. Die übrigen Fälle sind aus didaktischen Gründen rund um aktuelle Probleme des Völkerrechts konstruiert. Die Themen, die angesprochen werden, liegen in Bereichen des allgemeinen und besonderen Völkerrechts. Die vorgeschlagenen Falllösungen werden zum besseren Verständnis durch Zusatzinformationen und Originalpassagen aus einschlägigen Urteilen und Quellen ergänzt. Ein Fragenkatalog und weiterführende Literaturhinweise ermöglichen eine schrittweise Wissensvertiefung und eine optimale Vorbereitung auf schriftliche und mündliche Prüfungen im Fach Völkerrecht. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Understanding legal cases from real world situations is one of the most important abilities practitioners of law need to have. The new 'International Law' Casebook was designed for just that purpose: it facilitates law students to acquire this skill whilst simultaneously complementing relevant legal textbooks with a vivid and practical insight into the world of international law. The cases and legal assessments are presented in both English and German; hence, depending on the reader's abilities and needs, case assessment skills can be more readily enhanced in the language of international law, that is English. Over half of the 15 cases are based on actual events, as reported in recent years through the media. The remaining cases are plausible 'what ifs' constructed around current issues relevant to international law for didactic reasons. The selected subject matter not only deals with problems in both general as well as specific fields of international law. The legal assessments feature additional information as well as excerpts from relevant cases and other legal sources to provide a deeper understanding. Recap questions and a further reading guide enable students to develop their knowledge step-by-step and offer optimal preparation for written and oral examinations in international law.

Hydrogen is a highly versatile source of energy that has attracted growing interest among policymakers and industry players within the context of energy and climate policy. By drawing up its own strategy, the German government wants to promote the future use of this energy carrier in various sectors of the economy. However, a German hydrogen strategy cannot be drawn up independently from what is happening at the EU level and in other member states; rather, it must be conceived as an integral part of a Europe-wide policy. Since Germany currently imports more than 70 per cent of its primary energy sources, the market roll-out of hydrogen will inevitably have interna­tional dimensions. Therefore, it is important that this policy be anchored accordingly. In order to gradually create a market for hydrogen, the EU and Germany should push ahead with forming bilateral partnerships and developing multilateral governance. (author's abstract)