Books in the Beitrage zum auslandischen oeffentlichen Recht und Voelkerrecht series

Existing scholarship does not differentiate enough between cases of mere political unwillingness to execute an ECtHR judgment and cases where execution is blocked for legal reasons (mainly of constitutional law nature).

After an Introduction (Part I), Part II, Immunity, investigates core international law concepts such as those of pre/post-judgment immunity and international state responsibility.

This open access book deals with Article 7 TEU measures, court proceedings, financial sanctions and the EU Rule of Law Framework to protect EU values with a particular focus on checks and balances in EU Member States.

Analysing international law through the prism of "cynicism" makes it possible to look beyond overt disregard for international law, currently discussed in terms of a backlash or crisis.

Konkret geht es einerseits um die Frage, wie der EGMR mit Tatsachen umgehen soll, die erst nach Abschluss des nationalen Verfahrens entstanden sind oder vor dem EGMR neu vorgebracht werden (echte und unechte Noven).

Settlement of International Environmental Disputes. The Case for Reform and Innovation (English Summary)

Introduction.- Part I: Historical Foundations.- Rights of and Over Animals in the ius naturae et gentium(Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries).- On Women and Beasts: Human-Animal Relationships in Sixteenth-Century Thought.- Animal Colonialism: The Case of Milk.- Part II: Animals as Commodity.- Trading in Sacrifice.- Cross-Border Forms of Animal Use by Indigenous Peoples.- China''s Legal Response to Trafficking in Wild Animals: The Relationship between International Treaties and Chinese Law.- Corruption Gone Wild: Transnational Criminal Law and the International Trade in Endangered Species.- Part III.- New Legal Concepts.-Biodiversity, Species Protection, and Animal Welfare Under International Law.- Toward International Animal Rights.- (Certified) Humane Violence? Animal Production, the Ambivalence of Humanizing the Inhumane, and What International Humanitarian Law Has to Do with It.- Part IV: New Protective Legal Strategies: Trophy Hunting, the Race to the Bottom, and the Law of Jurisdiction.- Protection of Animals Through Human Rights: The Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights.- Challenges Regarding the Protection of Animals During Warfare.

How closely connected should church and state be? This book addresses these questions and more through a portrayal and comparison of the legal systems of Germany, Israel, France, and the United States. This thought-provoking book brings the often opposing demands of religious and secular freedoms into clear focus.

This book discusses the relationship between democracy and the financial order from various legal perspectives.

The main questions addressed are: ongoing and future Arctic marine research, marine research in the Arctic Ocean in practice, the legal framework, enlarged continental shelves and the freedom of marine science and particularities and challenges of the Arctic region.

The interrelation between different fields of public international law has particular relevance for the systematic understanding of international law. The book contains a collection of essays on the law of the sea and its interdependencies with other current legal issues of global importance.

The project is a collaborative effort of the directors of the Max Planck Ins- tute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, research f- lows and friends of the Institute, as well as eminent members of the Law Faculty of the University of Heidelberg.

Existing scholarship does not differentiate enough between cases of mere political unwillingness to execute an ECtHR judgment and cases where execution is blocked for legal reasons (mainly of constitutional law nature).

International courts and other actors are increasingly taking into account pre-existing social structures and inequalities when addressing and redressing human rights violations, in particular discrimination against specific groups.

Existing international law is capable to govern the "war on terror" also in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Contrary to the Israeli Supreme Court's view, international humanitarian law is not complemented by human rights law, but human rights law is - to some degree - complemented by international humanitarian law.