Apparent Authority in Scots Law: Some International Perspectives

Perspectives for an International Law of Human Dignity

Some international law aspects of the Bhopal disaster.

This article explores certain international law aspects of the Bhopal disaster, namely the principles and rules of international law establishing international accountability for environmental damage; the criteria for determining the liability of the Union Carbide Company (U. S. A.) for the Bhopal disaster; the criteria for determining compensation; and the international remedies available to t...

The Present State of International Environmental Law – Some Cautionary Observations

M. le Recteur, Dean Bocken, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a great pleasure and honour to be here today to receive the Elisabeth Haub Prize, an award for which I am extremely grateful as I am well aware of the many distinguished scholars and practitioners who have preceded me in this position of honoured guest. So, let me first of all thank the Haub family whose generosity made this award possible...

Relational Authority and Legitimacy in International Relations

This essay develops a theory of relational authority in the most unpromising setting of international relations. Relational authority locates legitimacy in a social contract between a ruler, who provides a social order of value to the ruled, and the ruled who comply with the ruler's commands necessary to the production of that order. International politics are near universally assumed to be an ...

Beyond International Law: Unilateral Resort to Force in Syria

On April 14, 2018, the United States, Britain and France launched missile attacks on specific targets in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the provinces of Damascus and Homs. According to coalition of three states, these attacks were followed by the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons and targeted solely against its chemical weapons facilities. What have in the days after the act been...