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Author Bernstorff, Jochen von.

Title The public international law theory of Hans Kelsen : believing in universal law / Jochen von Bernstorff, Thomas Dunlap.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-315) and index.
Contents Method and construction of international law in nineteenth century German scholarship -- Kelsenian formalism as critical methodology in international law -- An "objective" architecture of international law : Kelsen, Kunz, and Verdross -- The new actors of universal law -- Legal sources as universal instruments of law-creation -- The international judiciary as the functional center of universal law -- The role of the international legal scholar after Kelsen : a concluding reflection.
Summary This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen. The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law and his international law writings is examined, enabling the reader to understand how Kelsen tried to square his own liberal cosmopolitan project with his methodological convictions as laid out in his Pure Theory of Law. Finally, Jochen von Bernstorff discusses the limits and continuing relevance of Kelsenian formalism for international law under the term of 'reflexive formalism', and offers a reflection on Kelsen's theory of international law against the background of current debates over constitutionalisation, institutionalisation and fragmentation of international law. The book also includes biographical sketches of Hans Kelsen and his main students Alfred Verdross and Joseph L. Kunz.
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Language Translated from the German.
"Originally published as Der Glaube an das universale Recht : zur Volkerrechtstheorie Hans Kelsens und seiner Schuler (Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2001"--Title page verso.
Subject Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973.
Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973.
International law -- History.
International law.
History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Dunlap, Thomas, 1959-
Added Title Glaube an das universale Recht. English
Other Form: Print version: Bernstorff, Jochen von. Der Glaube an das universale Recht. English. Public international law theory of Hans Kelsen. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010 9780521516181 (DLC) 2010000336 (OCoLC)498417533
ISBN 9780511776465 (electronic book)
0511776462 (electronic book)
9780511776953 (e-boek)
0511776950 (e-boek)
9780521516181
0521516188
9781107699878 (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612916281
DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511776953