The paper gives a very brief account of the most important historical milestones in the evolution of international organisations until 1945. Then, some material and ideational explanations for the emergence of international organisations in the 19th century are offered. The next sections deal...

The German regime on the use of military force provides an important reference point for legal comparison. In a seminal judgment of 1994, the Constitutional Court identified a constitution-based requirement for each military deployment to have parliamentary approval. The formalities of the...