What's Wrong with International Law? : Liber Amicorum A. H. A. Soons

What's Wrong With International Law?' This Is The Question Professor A.h.a. Soons Provocatively Posed To His Colleagues Around The World When Leaving His Chair In Public International Law At Utrecht University. Meant To Provoke Discussion About What Actually Is Wrong With International Law As Well As Act In Defence Of The Discipline, His Conclusion Was A Resounding 'nothing!' Honouring Professor Soons's Achievements Throughout His Long Career As A Scholar And A Practitioner Of International Law, This Liber Amicorum Exmaines Whether, Indeed, There Is Something Wrong With International Law. The Contributors Identify Gaps Or 'wrong Norms' In Specific Fields Of International Law, And Assess Whether There Is Something Wrong With The Regulatory Function Of International Law As A System For Creating Global Public Order. International Law As We Know It / Patricia Jimenez Kwast -- Introduction : What Is Wrong With International Law? / Cedric Ryngaert, Erik J. Molenaar And Sarah M.h. Nouwen -- Fred Soons : A Pragmatic Trust In International Law / Andre Nollkaemper -- An Appreciation Of Fred Soons / John K. Gamble -- Some Reflections On What's Wrong With The Law Of The Sea / Rosemary Rayfuse -- Responsibility For Human Rights Violations Arising From The Use Of Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel Against Piracy : Re-emphasizing The Primary Role And Obligations Of Flag States / Jessica N.m. Schechinger -- A Sketch Of The Concept Of Ocean Governance And Its Relationship With The Law Of The Sea / Yoshinobu Takei -- Is There Something Wrong With The Increasing Role Of Private Actors? / The Case Of The Offshore Energy Sector / Seline Trevisanut -- Limitation Of Liability For Maritime Claims And Politics : Curse Or Cure? / Vivian Van Der Kuil. Bad Law And A Hard Case? : The Impact Of The Wall Advisory 0pinion Of The Icj / Matthijs De Blois -- International Human Rights Implementation :strengthen Existing Mechanisms, Establish A World Court For Human Rights, Or Both? -- Jenny E. Goldschmidt -- Prohibitions On Dissenting Opinions In International Arbitration / Patricia Jimenez Kwast -- Transnational Human Rights Litigation Against Multinational Corporations Post-kiobel / Menno T. Kamminga -- What Is Wrong With International Standards On Social Protection? / Frans Pennings -- Corporate Social Responsibility: A New Framework For International Standard Setting? / Teun Jaspers -- Caught Napping By (sea) Wolves : International Wildlife Law And Unforeseen Circumstances Involving The Killer Whale (orcinus Orca) And The Gray Wolf (canis Lupus) / Arie Trouwborst -- What Is Wrong With International Environmental Law? / Johan G. Lammers. A Critical Look At The Law Of Treaties : Giving Recognition To Informal Means Of Treaty Adaptation / Irina Buga -- Absolute Validity, Absolute Immunity : Is There Something Wrong With Article 103 Of The Un Charter? / Guido Den Dekker -- Aspects Of The Law Of Treaties / Kenneth.] Keith -- Good Governance : A Principle Of International Law / Henk Addink -- The Right To Peace : A Mischievous Declaration / Peter Van Krieken -- Self-determination And Regional Human Rights Bodies : The Case Of Southern Cameroons And The African Commission For Human And Peoples' Rights / Brianne Mcgonigle Leyh -- What's Wrong With The Relationship Between The International Court Of Justice And The Security Council? / Otto Spijkers -- What's Wrong With International Law? / Mc. W. Pinto -- The Under-appreciated Role Of Curial Settlement In International Law Norm-making: Using Transnational Law And Diffusion Studies To Re-assess The Status Of Prior Decisions / Pieter Bekker And Thomas Innes. How And To Whom Do We Explain International Law? / John Gamble -- Fragmentation In International Law And Governance : Understanding The Sum Of The Parts / Charlotte Ku -- Whither Territoriality? : The European Union's Use Of Territoriality To Set Norms With Universal Effects / Cedric Ryngaert -- Revealing The Publicness Of International Law / Ramses A. Wessel -- What's Wrong With International Lawyers? / John Dugard. Edited By Cedric Ryngaert, Erik J. Molenaar, Sarah M.h. Nouwen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.