Helmut Philipp Aust

Thomas Kleinlein

A fresh look at the bridges and boundaries between foreign relations law and public international law.

Bridges and Boundaries

Encounters between Foreign Relations Law and International Law

Georg Nolte

This edited work explores the question of how international law is applied by domestic courts. Through case studies and analysis the contributors consider how traditions and diversity affect the interpretation of international law, from a mixture of doctrinal, practical, and theoretical approaches.

Uniformity, Diversity, Convergence

The Interpretation of International Law by Domestic Courts

This systematic analysis of State complicity in international law focuses on the rules of State responsibility. Combining a theoretical perspective on complicity based on the concept of the international rule of law with a thorough analysis of international practice, Helmut Philipp Aust establishes what forms of support for wrongful conduct entail responsibility of complicit States and sheds light on the consequences of complicity in terms of reparation and implementation. Furthermore, he highlights how international law provides for varying degrees of responsibility in cases of complicity, depending on whether peremptory norms have been violated or special subject areas such as the law of collective security are involved. The book shows that the concept of State complicity is firmly grounded in international law, and that the international rule of law may serve as a conceptual paradigm for today's international legal order.

Complicity and the Law of State Responsibility

In einer Zeit rapider Urbanisierung werden Stadte und Gemeinden zunehmend zu international relevanten Akteuren. Ob in Fragen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung und des Klimaschutzes, der Gewahrleistung von Sicherheit oder zur Durchsetzung von Menschenrechten: Stadte und Gemeinden haben zahlreiche internationale Netzwerke gegrundet, kooperieren mit internationalen Organisationen und verschreiben sich der Durchsetzung volkerrechtlicher Normen. Helmut Philipp Austuntersucht diese Entwicklung und ordnet sie in die verfassungs- und verwaltungsrechtlichen Zusammenhange ebenso ein wie in die volker- und europarechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen. Der Autor formuliert zugleich einen Beitrag zu einer zeitgemassen Auslegung des Grundsatzes der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung, die diese internationale Bedingtheit stadtischen und gemeindlichen Handelns rezipiert.

Helmut Philipp Aust

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