This book examines the responsibility of States and international organizations for complicity (aid or assistance) in an internationally wrongful act. Despite the recognition of responsibility for complicity as a rule of customary international law by the International Court of …
Diese systematische Gesamtdarstellung des Völkerrechts wendet sich in erster Linie an Studierende und Referendare. Ihnen wollen die Autorinnen und Autoren ein Hilfsmittel für Studium und Prüfung geben, das mehr ist als eine Einführung oder ein Kurzlehrbuch. Die 8. Auflage des Le…
A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict.
When is a norm peremptory? This is a question that has troubled legal scholars throughout the development of modern international law. In this work, Daniel Costelloe suggests - through an examination of State practice and international materials - that it is the legal consequenc…
"The Cologne Commentary on Space Law is a three-volume annotation on the written norms of space law as enunciated through the Treaties of tjhe United Nations and its General Assembly Resolutions. With more than fifty-five years of spaceflight and a corresponding period of intern…
How is the international responsibility of the European Union determined? In the context of the multilayered and ever evolving Union legal order, the Lisbon Treaty has introduced considerable changes to the Union's participation in international affairs. These essays address the…
