Vol. 39 (1996)
Description
The German Yearbook of International Law was founded in 1948 by Rudolph Laun and Hermann von Mangoldt as the "Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht". The Yearbook is currently edited by the Walther-Schücking-Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel, and it continues to follow in its tradition of offering learned contributions to the development of international law. Although German scholars were once the primary contributors to the Yearbook, today authors from throughout the world are welcomed to publish their English language, and occasionally French language, articles. This trend has helped the Yearbook further open itself to new readers.
It is the goal of the Yearbook's editors to create a free forum for the discussion of international law that is available to the largest possible international audience. To this end, the Yearbook has remained progressive by discussing timely topics of interest and concern to international legal academics and practitioners. Its editors have also modified the Yearbook's approach to the field in recent years by offering a focus section in each volume that considers issues of particular importance to the further development of international law. The Yearbook has also been successful in informing the international law community with regard to research done in German academic institutions and in presenting international viewpoints on various topics to the German community.
In addition, the Yearbook publishes annual reports on the work of international organizations that make significant contributions to international law. These reports are, for the most part, published in German and review the current activities of bodies such as the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. Contributors to the Yearbook include the full spectrum of individuals involved in the discussion of international law, including academics, practitioners, and students of the subject. The editors, in compiling each volume of the Yearbook, recognize the importance of allowing for discussion of the full range of opinions on international legal issues and especially encourage the expression of new ideas and legal theories that encourage further growth in the field of international law.
Overview
Inhalt: C. Starck, Hermann von Mangoldt (1895-1953) - J. H. Jackson, Appraising the Launch and Functioning of the WTO - P. Nunnenkamp, Winners and Losers in the Global Economy: Recent Trends in the International Division of Labor, Major Implications and Critical Policy Challenges - T. J. Schoenbaum, Market Contestability and Reform of the Antidumping Laws - K.-N. Peifer, Brainpower and Trade: The Impact of TRIPS on Intellectual Property - M. Lücke, Accession of the CIS Countries to the World Trade Organization - G. Verdirame, The Definition of Developing Countries under GATT and other International Law - D. P. Fidler, Challenging the Classical Concept of Custom: Perspectives on the Future of Customary International Law - P. Conlon, The Humanitarian Mitigation of UN Sanctions - P. D. Coffman, Obligations Erga Omnes and the Absent Third State - J. Lippott, The Commonwealth of Independent States as an Economic and Legal Community - H. Gading, Litigation by Public-Interest Groups in European Law - A. Soria Jiménez, Ecological Catastrophes in light of the Rio Agreements - K. Koschorreck / M. Müller, Report on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - E. Johnson, Kadic v. Karadzic and Doe I and II v. Karadzic: The Latest Stage in Alien Tort Act Jurisprudence - R. Hliwa / L. Wisniewski, The International Covenants on Human Rights in the Decisions of the Polish Supreme Court, Constitutional Tribunal and the Supreme Administrative Court - F. Bodendiek / K. Nowrot, Die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte im Jahre 1995 - S. Hobe / C. Tietje, Government Criminality: The Judgment of the German Constitutional Court of 24 October 1996 - V. Traulsen, The German Federal Constitutional Court's Decision on Asylum Law - J. W. F. Sundberg, The European Convention on Human Rights in Swedish Law. Reply to Ulf Bernitz
