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Theoretical Inquiries

Armin von Bogdandy: Das Öffentliche im Völkerrecht im Lichte von Schmitts „Begriff des Politischen“: Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Theoriebildung im Öffentlichen Recht, Zeitschritt für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 77 (2017) 4, 877-906.

Matthias Goldmann: Sources in the Meta-Theory of International Law: Exploring the Hermeneutics, Authority, and Publicness of International Law.” In: The Oxford Handbook on the Sources of International Law, Jean d'Aspremont, Samantha Besson (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2017, 447-468.

Armin von Bogdandy, Matthias Goldmann, and Ingo Venzke: From Public International to International Public Law: Translating World Public Opinion into International Public Authority, European Journal of International Law 28/1, 115-145 (2017), also available as MPIL Research Paper No. 2016-02.

Armin von Bogdandy: Pondering Schmitt's Concept of the Political for International Public Authority: On Methods, Standards and Disciplinary Settings for Public Law Theory (2016), MPIL Research Paper No. 2016-22.

Clemens A. Feinäugle: The UN Declaration on the Rule of Law and the Application of the Rule of Law to the UN: A Reconstruction From an International Public Authority Perspective, Goettingen Journal of International Law 7 (2016) 157-185.

Matthias Goldmann: A matter of perspective: Global governance and the distinction between public and private authority (and not law). Global Constitutionalism 5 (2016) 48-84.

Matthias Goldmann: Internationale öffentliche Gewalt, Springer 2015, 636 + XXIX p.

Armin von Bogdandy: Common Principles for a Plurality of Orders: A Study on Public Authority in the European Legal Area, ICON 12 (2014) 980-1007.

Armin von Bogdandy: The European Lesson for International Democracy: The Significance of Articles 9-12 EU Treaty for International Organizations, European Journal of International Law 23 (2012) 315-334.

Armin von Bogdandy and Mateja Steinbrück Platise: DARIO and Human Rights: Leaving the Individual in the Cold, International Organizations Law Review 9 (2012) 67-76.

Matthias Goldmann: We Need to Cut Off the Head of the King. Past, Present, and Future Approaches to International Soft Law, Leiden Journal of International Law 25 (2012) 335-368.

Ingo Venzke: How Interpretation Makes International Law: On Semantic Change and Normative Twists. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012, 352p.

Achilles Skordas: Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit as comity and the disquiet of neoformalism: a response to Jan Klabbers, in: P. Koutrakos (ed), European Foreign Policy – Legal and Political Perspectives, Elgar, Cheltenham, 2011, 115-144.

Philipp Dann and Marie von Engelhardt: The Global Administrative Order Through a German Lens: Perception and Influcence of Legal Structures of Global Governance in Germany, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 7, 1371-1388.

Armin von Bogdandy, Philipp Dann and Matthias Goldmann: El Derecho Internacional como Derecho Pùblico: Prolegòmeno de un Derecho de los Mercados Financieros, in: Josè Martìn and Pèrez de Nanclares (eds.), Estados y Organizaciones Internationales ante las Nuevas Crisis Globales, Portal Derecho (2010) 57-80.

Jochen von Bernstorff: Procedures of Decision-Making and the Role of Law in International Organizations, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1939-1964.

Armin von Bogdandy, Philipp Dann and Matthias Goldmann: Developing the Publicness of Public International Law: Towards a Legal Framework for Global Governance Activities, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1375-1400.

Armin von Bogdandy: General Principles of International Public Authority: Sketching a Research Field, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1909-1938.

Armin von Bogdandy and Philipp Dann: International Composite Administration: Conceptualizing Multi-Level and Network Aspects in the Exercise of International Public Authority, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 2013-2038.

Matthias Goldmann: Inside Relative Normativity: From Sources to Standard Instruments for the Exercise of International Public Authority, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1865-1908.

Volker Röben: The Enforcement Authority of International Institutions, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1965-1986.

Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann: The Internationalization of Administrative Relations as a Challenge for Administrative Law Scholarship, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 2061-2080.

Ingo Venzke: International Bureaucracies from a Political Science Perspective – Agency, Authority and International Institutional Law, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1401-1428.

Erika de Wet: Holding International Institutions Accountable: The Complementary Role of Non-Judicial Oversight Mechanisms and Judicial Review, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1987-2012.

Rüdiger Wolfrum: Legitimacy of International Law and the Exercise of Administrative Functions: The Example of the International Seabed Authority, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and International Fisheries Organizations, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 2039-2060.

Matthias Goldmann: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung, oder: Netzwerke dogmatisch gedacht (The Taming of the Shrew, or: Networks in Doctrinal Perspective), in: Sigrid Boysen et al. (eds.), Netzwerke (Networks), Nomos (2007) 225-246.


International Institutions &
Policy Areas

Ingo Venzke: Investor-State Dispute Settlement in TTIP from the Perspective of a Public Law Theory of International Adjudication, Journal of World Investment & Trade 17 (2016), 374-400.

Leonie Vierck, Pedro A. Villarreal, and Katharina Weilert (eds.): The Governance of Disease Outbreaks - International Health Law: Lessons from the Ebola Crisis and Beyond. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2017, 339 p.

Jürgen BastVölker- und unionsrechtliche Anstöße zur Entterritorialisierung des Rechts (Referat auf der 76. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer vom 5. bis 8. Oktober 2016 in Linz zum Generalthema "Grenzüberschreitungen"), Veröffentlichungen der Vereinigung der Deutschen Staatsrechtslehrer 76 (2017), 278-314.

Tim Staal: Exercising or Evading International Public Authority? The Many Faces of Environmental Post-Treaty Instruments, Goettingen Journal of International Law 7 (2016) 1, 9-48.

Biel Company: A Public Law Approach to Internet Standard Setting, Goettingen Journal of International Law 7 (2016) 1, 49-94.

Pedro A. Villarreal: Pandemic Declarations of the World Health Organization as an Exercise of International Public Authority: The Possible Legal Answers to Frictions Between Legitimacies, Goettingen Journal of International Law 7 (2016) 95-129.

Matthias Goldmann and Mona Sonnen: Soft Authority Against Hard Cases of Racially Discriminating Speech: Why the CERD Committee Needs a Margin of Appreciation Doctrine, Goettingen Journal of International Law 7 (2016) 131-155.

Franz Ebert: International Financial Institutions’ Approaches to Labour Law: The Case of the International Monetary Fund, in: Research Handbook on Transnational Labour Law, Adelle Blackett, Anne Trebilcock (Hrsg.). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 2015, 124-137.

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Reestructuraciones de Deuda soberana como Ejercicios de Autoridad Pública Internacional: hacia un Derecho Descentralizado de Insolvencia Soberana, in: Deuda pública y Derecho Internacional, Carlos Espósito, Yuefen Li, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky (Hrsg.). tirant, Valencia 2015, 71-110.

Achilles Skordas: The Dark Side of Counter-piracy Policies, in: P. Koutrakos/A. Skordas (eds), The Law and Practice of Piracy at Sea – European and International Perspectives, Hart/Bloomsbury, 2014, 299-327.

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Les restructurations de dettes souveraines comme exercises de l'autorité publique internationale. Vers un droit décentralisé sur l'insolvabilité souveraine, in: La crise des dettes souveraines et le droit : approches croisées Canada-Europe, Geneviève Dufour, David Pavot (eds.). Lexis Nexis Canada, Québec 2014, 157-197.

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Die Restrukturierung von Staatsschulden als Ausübung internationaler öffentlicher Gewalt: Zur Möglichkeit der inkrementellen Entwicklung eines Staateninsolvenzrechts, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 73 (2013) 61-103.

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Sovereign Debt Restructurings as Exercises of International Public Authority: Towards a Decentralized Sovereign Insolvency Law, in: C. Espósito, J.P. Bohoslavsky and Y. Li (eds.), Sovereign Financing and International Law: The UNCTAD Principles on Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing, OUP 2013, 39-70.

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: Taming and Framing Indicators: A Legal Reconstruction of the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), in: Kevin E. Davis, Angelina Fisher, Benedict Kingsbury, Sally Engle Merry (eds.), Governance by Indicators, OUP 2012, 52-85.

Philipp Dann: Entwicklungsverwaltungsrecht. Theorie und Dogmatik des Rechts der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, untersucht am Beispiel der Weltbank, der EU und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck 2012, XIX + 450 p.

Gefion Schuler: ‘Politikbewertung‘ als Handlungsform internationaler Institutionen. Das Beispiel der Korruptionsbekämpfung der OECD, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2012, 253 p.

Jochen von Bernstorff: Kerngehaltsschutz durch den UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss und den EGMR: Vom Wert kategorialer Argumentationsformen, 50 Der Staat 2 (2011) 165-190.

Isabel Feichtner:
The Law and Politics of WTO Waivers. Stability and Flexibility in Public International Law, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2011, 393p.

Clemens Feinäugle: Hoheitsgewalt im Völkerrecht. Das 1267-Sanktionenregime der UN und seine rechtliche Fassung (The Exercise of Public Authority in International Law. The 1267 Sanctions Regime of the UN and its Legal Framework), Heidelberg, Springer 2011, 418 p.

Julia Sattelberger: The Democratic Legitimacy of TNCs as Political Actors in Global Governance, in: Eva Erman, Anders Uhlin (eds.), Legitimacy Beyond the State? Re-examining the Democratic Credentials of Transnational Actors, London, Palgrave Macmillan (2010) (together with Doris Fuchs, Agni Kalfagianni).

Marie von Engelhardt: Opportunities and Challenges of a Soft Law track to Economic and Social Rights - The Case of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food, Verfassung und Recht in Übersee (2009) 502-52.

Isabel Feichtner:
The Waiver Power of the WTO: Opening the WTO for Political Debate on the Reconciliation of Public Interests, European Journal of International Law 20 (2009) 615-645, available as Jean Monnet Working Paper 11/08.

Leonie Vierck: Setting Standards for Business & Development – How Legal Frameworks can Support Market-Based Nutrition Partnerships, 4 EFFL (European Food and Feed Law Review) (2009) 104-118 (together with Andreas Blüthner).

Armin von Bogdandy and Matthias Goldmann: The Exercise of International Public Authority through National Policy Assessment. The OECD’s PISA Policy as a Paradigm for a New International Standard Instrument, 5 International Organizations Law Review (2008 (2009)), 241-298.

Matthias Goldmann: The Accountability of Private vs. Public Governance “by Information”. A Comparison of the Assessment Activities of the OECD and the IEA in the Field of Education, Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico 58 (2008) 41-69.

Leonie Guder: The Administration of Debt Relief by the International Financial Institutions, Heidelberg, Springer 2008, XVIII + 355 p.

Anuscheh Farahat: Regulating Minority Issues through Standard-Setting and Mediation: The Case of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1453-1480.

Isabel Feichtner:
The Administration of the Vocabulary of International Trade: The Adaptation of WTO Schedules to Changes in the Harmonized System, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1481-1512.

Clemens A. Feinäugle: The UN Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee: Emerging Principles of International Institutional Law for the Protection of Individuals?, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1513-1538.

Jürgen Friedrich:
Legal Challenges of Nonbinding Instruments: The Case of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1539-1564.

Christine Fuchs: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - Conservation Efforts Undermine The Legality Principle, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1565-1596.

Karen Kaiser: WIPO’s International Registration of Trademarks: An International Administrative Act Subject to Examination by the Designated Contracting Parties, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1597-1624.

Petra Lea Làncos: Flexibility and Legitimacy - The Emissions Trading System Under the Kyoto Protocol, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1625-1650.

Steven Less: International Administration of Holocaust Compensation: The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC), German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1651-1692.

Ravi Afonso Pereira: Why Would International Administrative Activity Be Any Less Legitimate? – A Study of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1693-1718.

Bettina Schöndorf-Haubold: The Administration of Information in International Administrative Law – The Example of Interpol, German Law Journal 9 (2008) 11, 1719-1752.

Achilles Skordas: Self-determination of peoples and transnational regimes: a foundational principle of global governance, in: N. Tsagourias (ed.), Transnational Constitutionalism, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 207-268.

Philipp Dann: Grundfragen eines Entwicklungsverwaltungsrechts, in:  Andreas Vosskuhle, Christian Walter Christoph Möllers (eds.), Internationales Verwaltungsrecht, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2007, 7-48.

Philipp Dann: Accountability in Development Aid Law: The World Bank, UNDP and the Emerging Structures of Transnational Oversight, Archiv für Völkerrecht 44 (2006) 381-404.


International Courts

Achilles Skordas: Treaty Interpretation and Global Governance: the Role of Domestic Courts, in: HP Aust and G Nolte (eds.), The Interpretation of International Law by Domestic Courts. Unity, Diversity, Convergence, Oxford University Press, 2016, 290-316.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke: ¿En nombre de quién? Una teoría de derecho público sobre la actividad judicial internacional. Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá 2016, 402 p. (translated by Paula Andrea Acosta Alvarado).

Armin von Bogdandy: Las funciones de los tribunales: Una evaluación a la luz de su creciente autoridad pública, in: Derecho internacional: Poder y límites del derecho en la sociedad global. Ediciones Uniandes, Bogotá 2015, 471-509.

Armin von Bogdandy and Christoph Krenn: Sobre la legitimidad democrática de los jueces de Europa. Una reconstrucción comparada de principios de los procedimientos de selección, in: La garantía jurisdiccional de los Derechos Humanos, Juan Ignacio Ugartemendia Eceizabarrena, Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi (eds.). IVAP, Oñati 2015, 156-177.

Armin von Bogdandy and Christoph Krenn: Judges. A Principled and Comparative Reconstruction of the Selection Procedures, in: Michal Bobek (ed.), Selecting Europe's Judges. A Critical Review of the Appointment Procedures to the European Courts, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, 162-180

Armin von Bogdandy and Christoph Krenn: Zur Parlamentarisierung der Richterauswahl. Warum der Europarat der EU den Weg weist, in: Modelle des Parlamentarismus im 21. Jahrhundert. Neue Ordnungen von Recht und Politik, Claudio Franzius, Franz C. Mayer, Jürgen Neyer (eds.) Recht und Politik in der Europäischen Union. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2015, 409-429.

Armin von Bogdandy: 'Internationale Streitbeilegung' oder 'Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit'? 100 Jahre Rechtswissenschaft in Frankfurt. Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen, Erwartungen Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2014, 105-119.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke: In Whose Name? A Public Law Theory of International Adjudication, OUP 2014, 304 p.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke: In wessen Namen? Internationale Gerichte in Zeiten globalen Regierens. Frankfurt a.M., Suhrkamp 2014, 383 p.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke: In Whose Name? An Investigation of International Courts' Public Authority and Its Democratic Justification, European Journal of International Law 23 (2012) 7-41.

Eyal Benvenisti and George Downs:
Prospects for the Increased Independence of International Tribunals, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1057‐1082.

Christina Binder:
The Prohibition of Amnesties by the Inter‐American Court of Human Rights, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1203‐1230.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke:
Beyond Dispute: International Judicial Institutions as Lawmakers, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 979‐1004.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke:
On the Democratic Legitimation of International Judicial Lawmaking, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1341‐1370.

Lorenzo Casini:
The Making of a Lex Sportiva by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1317‐1340.

Markus Fyrnys: Expanding Competences by Judicial Lawmaking: The Pilot Judgment Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1231‐1260.

Michael Ioannidis:
A Procedural Approach to the Legitimacy of International Adjudication: Developing Standards of Participation in WTO Law, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1175‐1202.

Marc Jacob:
Precedents: Lawmaking Through International Adjudication, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1005‐1032.

Thomas Kleinlein:
Judicial Lawmaking by Judicial Restraint? The Potential of Balancing in International Economic Law, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1141‐1174.

Milan Kuhli and Klaus Günther:
Judicial Lawmaking, Discourse Theory, and the ICTY on Belligerent Reprisals, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1261‐1278.

Karin Oellers-Frahm:
Expanding the Competence to Issue Provisional Measures – Strengthening the International Judicial Function, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1279‐1294.

Karin Oellers-Frahm:
Lawmaking through Advisory Opinions?, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1033‐1056.

Niels Petersen:
Lawmaking by the International Court of Justice – Factors of Success, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1295‐1316.

Stephan Schill:
System‐Building in Investment Treaty Arbitration and Lawmaking, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1083‐1110.

Ingo Venzke:
Making General Exceptions: Developing Article XX GATT into Standards for Domestic Regulatory Policy, German Law Journal 12 (2011) 5, 1111‐1140.

Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke:
In Nome Di Chi? Giurisdizione Internazionale e Teoria del Discorso, Trauben, Torino 2010.