Towards an International Law of

Co-progressiveness

 

Sienho Yee        ****  To buy all books by Sienho Yee, hit: Amazon and put “Sienho” in the search Box

 

Chapter 4 below, in its original form, was included by Germany as Annex 31 to its Preliminary Objections filed in the Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) case before the International Court of Justice.  See page iv.; page 28.

 

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Centered on progressiveness, these essays rigorously address some philosophical, conceptual and structural issues relating to the international legal system, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the international criminal tribunals. These include: the concept of the international law of co-progressiveness, opinio juris and customary international law, the rule of law, the interpretation of the ICJ Statute, law and expedience at the ICJ, the relationship between the International Criminal Court and the Security Council, the definition of crimes against humanity, guilty plea fairness, defenses to international crimes, constitutions of international organizations, September 11 and international law, international experiment in national constitution-making, discretionary function and foreign sovereign immunities, and the concept of human rights in Asia. This book is valuable to critical thinkers and scholars in international law and relations, policy-makers and international judges, practitioners and NGO advocates.   This collection includes fourteen essays both new and previously published in fine journals such as European JIL (Oxford), ICLQ (Oxford), German YIL, Max Planck YUNL, Columbia LR, Leiden JIL (Cambridge) and Chinese JIL.

 

Table of Contents  -  Index (check whether your name appears here)

 

 

Preface   ...............................................................................................................................  vii

Note on Style and Abbreviations ...............................................................................................  viii

Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................  ix

 

1.              Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness ...................................  1

2.              The News that Opinio Juris “Is Not a Necessary Element of
Customary [International] Law” Is Greatly Exaggerated ..............................  27

3.              The Perfect Rule of Law ..................................................................  41

4.              The Interpretation of “Treaties in Force” in Article 35(2) of
the Statute of the International Court of Justice ........................................  59

5.              Forum Prorogatum Returns to the International
Court of Justice .............................................................................  85

6.              The International Court of Justice:  Law and Expediency............................ 101

7.              A Proposal to Reformulate Article 23 of the ILC Draft
Statute for an International Criminal Court ...........................................  105

8.              The Erdemovic Sentencing Judgement: A Questionable
Milestone for the International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former Yugoslavia ...................................................................  115

9.              The Definition of Crimes against Humanity in the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court: Endorsing and
Furthering or Merely Having Knowledge of the State or
Organizational Policy?.................................................................... 163

10.           The Time Limit for the Ratification of Proposed Amendments to the

             Constitutions of International Organizations .........................................  193

11.           The Potential Impact of the Possible US Responses to
the 9-11 Atrocities on the Law regarding the Use of Force and
Self-defence ................................................................................  219

12.           An International Experiment in National Constitution-making: 
The New Constitution of Bosnia & Herzegovina .....................................  227

13.           The Discretionary Function Exception Under the Foreign
Sovereign Immunities Act: When in America, Do the Romans Do

as the Romans Wish?...................................................................... 247

14.       The Concept of Human Rights in Asia .................................................  289

 

Index ..................................................................................................................................  301

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