In July 2010, the International Court of Justice rendered an Advisory Opinion on the conformity of the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo with international law. The paper examines the contribution of this opinion to the constitutionalization of international law....

El derecho global puede analizarse a la luz de las categorías jurídicas de derecho global cuasi-privado, derecho público global y derecho global penal. En consecuencia, los bienes jurídicos globales pueden clasificarse en privados, públicos y penales. Todos ellos están subsumidos en el...

The article argues that the principle of sovereignty is being ousted from its position as a Letztbegründung (first principle) of international law. This trend is welcome. Sovereignty must and can be justified. The normative value of sovereignty is derived from and geared towards humanity that...

This paper shows that three versions of the principle of proportionality exist in international law, and that these three have different constitutional functions. The horizontal version 1 applies, inter alia, in the field of countermeasures including self defence. The principle here refers to...