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A FAREWELL TO FRAGMENTATION Fragmentationhasbeenmuchdiscussedasathreattointernationallaw asalegalsystem.Thisbookcontendsthatthefragmentationofinterna- tionallawisfarexceededbyitsconvergence,asinternationalbodiesfind ways to account for each other and the interactions of emerging fields. Reassertingitsroleasthe‘principaljudicialorganoftheUnitedNations’, the International Court of Justice has ensured that the centre of inter- national law can and does hold. This process has strengthened a trend towards the re-unification of international law. In order to explore this process,thisbookdealswiththeissuesoffragmentationandconvergence bothfromthepointofviewofthecentreoftheInternationalCourtand ofthepositionofothercourtsandtribunals.Featuringcontributionsby leadinginternationallawyersfromarangeofbackgrounds,thisvolume proposesbothanewtakeandthelastwordonthefragmentationdebate ininternationallaw. mads andenas is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University ofOslo,andtheUNSpecialRapporteuronArbitraryDetentionandthe ChairoftheUNWorkingGrouponArbitraryDetention,whichreports totheUNHumanRightsCouncilandtheUNGeneralAssembly.Hehas heldsenioracademicappointmentsintheUnitedKingdom,includingas Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London,andDirectoroftheCentreofEuropeanLawatKing’sCollege, UniversityofLondon. eirikbjorgeisShawFoundationJuniorResearchFellowatJesusCollege, UniversityofOxford.EirikhastaughtatOxfordandSciencesPo,Paris. HeistheauthorofTheEvolutionaryInterpretationofTreaties(2014)anda co-editor,withCameronMiles,ofLandmarkCasesinPublicInternational Law(2016). A FAREWELL TO FRAGMENTATION Reassertion and Convergence in International Law Editedby MADS ANDENAS AND EIRIK BJORGE UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107082090 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Afarewelltofragmentation:reassertionandconvergenceininternationallaw/editedby MadsAndenas,EirikBjorge. pages cm.–(Studiesoninternationalcourtsandtribunals) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-08209-0(hardback) 1.Internationallaw. 2.Internationalcourts. I.Andenas,MadsTonnesson,1957–editor. II.Bjorge,Eirik,1983–editor. KZ3410.F37 2015 341–dc23 2015002842 ISBN978-1-107-08209-0Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. CONTENTS Listofcontributors page viii 1 Introduction:fromfragmentationtoconvergencein internationallaw 1 mads andenas and eirik bjorge part 1 Reassertionandconvergence:‘proliferation’ ofcourtsandthecentreofinternationallaw A.Atthecentre:theInternationalCourt 2 Unityanddiversityininternationallaw 37 sir christopher greenwood 3 Acenturyofinternationaljusticeandprospects forthefuture 56 antoˆnio augusto canc¸ado trindade 4 TheInternationalCourtofJusticeandhuman rightstreatybodies 87 sir nigel rodley 5 TheICJandthechallengesofhumanrightslaw 109 vera gowlland-debbas 6 Factorsinfluencingfragmentationandconvergencein internationalcourts 146 philippa webb v vi contents B.‘Regimes’ofinternationallaw 7 FragmentationorPartnership?ThereceptionofICJcase-law bytheEuropeanCourtofHumanRights 173 dean spielmann 8 Factorsinfluencingthereceptionofinternationallawinthe ECtHR’scaselaw:anoverview 191 magdalena forowicz 9 TheinfluenceoftheInternationalCourtofJusticeonthelaw ofprovisionalmeasures 218 cameron a. miles 10 Justanothercaseoftreatyinterpretation?Reconciling humanitarianlawandhumanrightslawintheICJ 272 lawrence hill-cawthorne 11 Fragmentationwithininternationalhumanrightslaw 297 mehrdad payandeh 12 TheEuropeanUnion’sparticipationininternational economicinstitutions:amutuallybeneficialreassertion ofthecentre 320 emanuel castellarin 13 ReinforcingtheICJ’scentralinternationalrole?Domestic courts’enforcementofICJdecisionsandopinions 343 veronika fikfak part 2 Afarewelltofragmentationandthesourcesoflaw A.CustomandJusCogens 14 TheInternationalCourtofJusticeandtheinternational customarylawgameofcards 371 lorenzo gradoni 15 Statepractice,treatypracticeandStateimmunityin internationalandEnglishlaw 407 alexander orakhelashvili contents vii 16 Historicalsketchesaboutcustomininternationallaw 459 jean-louis halpe´rin B.TreatyInterpretation 17 Isthereasubject-matterontologyininterpretationof internationallegalnorms? 473 robert kolb 18 Halfwaybetweenfragmentationandconvergence:theroleof therulesoftheorganizationintheinterpretationof constituenttreaties 486 paolo palchetti 19 Theconvergenceofthemethodsoftreatyinterpretation: Differentregimes,differentmethodsofinterpretation? 498 eirik bjorge 20 Reassertionandtransformationofinternationallaw 536 mads andenas Index 570 CONTRIBUTORS mads andenas UniversityofOslo;Chair-Rapporteur,UNWorkingGrouponArbitrary Detention eirik bjorge JesusCollege,UniversityofOxford judge antoˆnio augusto canc¸ado trindade JudgeattheInternationalCourtofJustice dr emanuel castellarin Ecolededroit,UniversityofParisI veronika fikfak HomertonCollege,UniversityofCambridge dr magdalena forowicz SeniorResearchFellow,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofZurich professor vera gowlland-debbas EmeritusProfessor,GraduateInstituteofInternationaland DevelopmentStudies,Geneva professor lorenzo gradoni FacultyofLaw,UniversityofBologna sir christopher greenwood JudgeattheInternationalCourtofJustice viii listofcontributors ix professor jean-louis halpe´rin HumanitiesandSocialSciencesDepartment,Ecolenormalesupe´rieure, Paris dr lawrence hill-cawthorne SchoolofLaw,UniversityofReading professor robert kolb FacultyofLaw,UniversityofGeneva dr cameron a. miles TrinityHall,UniversityofCambridge;3VerulamBuildings dr alexander orakhelashvili SchoolofLaw,UniversityofBirmingham professor paolo palchetti FacultyofLaw,UnversityofMacerata professor mehrdad payandeh FacultyofLaw,UniversityofDusseldorf sir nigel rodley SchoolofLaw,UniversityofEssex;Chair,UNHumanRightsCommittee president dean spielmann EuropeanCourtofHumanRights dr philippa webb DicksonPoonSchoolofLaw,King’sCollege,UniversityofLondon
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