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The advancement of international law presupposes that the objections are met. The 'realist' objection claims that sovereign states deciding matters cast over the precept that 'might is right'. This title shows the invention of two techniques in positive law: state contracts and transnational arbitration without privity, Any talk of the advancement of international law presupposes that two objections are met. The first is the 'realist' objection which, observing the state of international relations today, claims that when it comes down to the important things in international life-war and peace, and more generally power politics among states-no real advancement has been made: international society remains a society of sovereign states deciding matters with regard solely to their own best interests and with international law all too often being no more than a thin cloak cast over the precept that 'might is right'. Against this excessive scepticism stands excessive optimism: international law is supposedly making giant strides forward thanks especially to the tremendous mass of soft law generated by international organisations over the past sixty years and more. By incautiously mixing all manner of customs, treaties, resolutions and recommendations, a picture of international law is painted that has little to do with the 'real world'. The essays collected in this book are arranged into three sections. The first purports to show from the specific example of international investment law that the past half-century has seen the invention of two genuinely new techniques in positive law: state contracts and transnational arbitration without privity. This is 'advancement' in international law not because the techniques are 'good' in themselves (one may well think them 'bad') but because they have introduced legal possibilities into international law that did not exist heretofore. The second section examines the theoretical consequences of those new legal techniques and especially the way they affect the theory of the state. The third widens the field of view and asks whether European law has surpassed international law in a move towards federalism or whether it represents a step forward for international law. These reflections make for a clearer theoretical understanding of what constitutes true advancement in international law. Such an understanding should give pause both to those who argue that hardly any progress has been made, and to those who are overly fanciful about progress

Alexander Proelß widmet sich der Vermeidung und Lösung von Rechtsprechungskonflikten zwischen dem Bundesverfassungsgericht einerseits und der überstaatlichen Gerichtsbarkeit, insbesondere dem Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union, dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte und dem Internationalen Gerichtshof andererseits. Diese Konflikte können sich aus der Überlagerung gerichtlicher Zuständigkeiten im Rahmen des bestehenden Mehr-Ebenen-Systems der friedlichen Streitbeilegung ergeben. Vom Standpunkt des positiven Rechts aus analysiert der Autor Anwendbarkeit, dogmatische Verortung, Reichweite und Konsequenzen von prozeduralen und prozessualen Mechanismen, die den verfassungsgerichtlichen Prüfungsmaßstab bzw. die entsprechende Kontrolldichte und damit letztlich die Kompetenzen des BVerfG determinieren.

The international court of justice -- The international tribunal for the law of the sea -- The dispute settlement system of the world trade organization -- The permanent court of arbitration -- The international centre for settlement of invesment disputes -- The international criminal court -- The ad hoc international criminal tribunals : ICTY and ICTR -- Hybrid international criminal tribunals : the special court for Sierra Leone, the extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia, and the special tribunal for Lebanon -- Courts of the European economic area -- Courts of justice of other economic communities -- The European court of human rights -- The Inter-American court of human rights and the Inter-American commission on human rights -- The African commission and court on human and peoples' rights -- The human rights committee -- Other UN treaty bodies -- Representation and complaint procedures of the international labour organization -- The inspection panel of the world bank -- Other inspection, review, and compliance mechanisms in international financial institutions -- Compliance procedures in multilateral environmental agreements