A Farewell to Fragmentation : reassertion and convergence in International Law / edited by Mads Andenas, Eirik Bjorge.

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Fragmentation has been much discussed as a threat to international law as a legal system. This book contends that the fragmentation of international law is far exceeded by its convergence, as international bodies find ways to account for each other and the interactions of emerging sub-fields. Reasserting its role as the 'principal judicial organ of the United Nations', the International Court of Justice has ensured that the centre of international law can and does hold. This process has strengthened a trend towards the reunification of international law. In order to explore this process, this book looks at fragmentation and convergence from the point of view of the centre of the International Court and of the position of other courts and tribunals. Featuring contributions by leading international lawyers from a range of backgrounds, this volume proposes both a new take and the last word on the fragmentation debate in international law-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: from fragmentation to convergence in international law; Part 1 Reassertion and convergence: 'proliferation' of courts and the centre of international law; A. At the centre: the International Court; 2 Unity and diversity in international law; 3 A century of international justice and prospects for the future; 4 The International Court of Justice and human rights treaty bodies; 5 The ICJ and the challenges of human rights law; 6 Factors influencing fragmentation and convergence in international courts.

B. 'Regimes' of international law7 Fragmentation or partnership? The reception of ICJ case-law by the European Court of Human Rights; 8 Factors influencing the reception of international law in the ECtHR's case law: an overview; 9 The influence of the International Court of Justice on the law of provisional measures; 10 Just another case of treaty interpretation? Reconciling humanitarian law and human rights law in the ICJ; 11 Fragmentation within international human rights law.

12 The European Union's participation in international economic institutions: a mutually beneficial reassertion of the centre13 Reinforcing the ICJ's central international role? Domestic courts' enforcement of ICJ decisions and opinions; Part 2 A farewell to fragmentation and the sources of law; A. Custom and Jus Cogens; 14 The International Court of Justice and the international customary law game of cards; 15 State practice, treaty practice and State immunity in international and English law; 16 Historical sketches about custom in international law; B. Treaty Interpretation.

17 Is there a subject-matter ontology in interpretation of international legal norms?18 Halfway between fragmentation and convergence: the role of the rules of the organization in the interpretation of constituent treaties; 19 The convergence of the methods of treaty interpretation: Different regimes, different methods of interpretation?; 20 Reassertion and transformation of international law; Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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