In International Law We Shall Trust: (Even in) The Case of Economic and Social Rights
This comment is a reply to Caroline Lichuma’s chapter ‘In International Law We (Do Not) Trust: The Persistent Rejection of Economic and Social Rights as a Manifestation of Cynicism’. In his reply, the author disagrees with Lichuma’s understanding of cynic
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tjern Baade · Dana Burchardt Prisca Feihle · Alicia Köppen Linus Mührel · Lena Riemer Raphael Schäfer (eds.)
Cynical International Law?
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Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
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Björnstjern Baade • Dana Burchardt • Prisca Feihle • Alicia Köppen • Linus Mührel • Lena Riemer • Raphael Schäfer Editors
Cynical International Law? Abuse and Circumvention in Public International and European Law
ISSN 0172-4770 ISSN 2197-7135 (electronic) Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht ISBN 978-3-662-62127-1 ISBN 978-3-662-62128-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62128-8 © Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V., to be exercised by Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Heidelberg 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany
Foreword
On the eve of the G20 summit of 2019, the Russian President Vladimir Putin said that liberalism is obsolete.1 This verdict seems to comprise the entire international legal order which is, after all, based on principles of liberalism in a traditional European sense: a presumption of liberty (in international law the Lotus principle) that stands in a productive tension with the rule of law, and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Putin’s remark is cynical; and his and others’ cynicism about international law flows from disappointment. It flows from resentment against ‘Western’ interference in other regions, from the perception o
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