Sustainable development is a contested concept in international law. There is a general consensus on its core features, but disagreement remains as to its nature and status as a principle of international law. Such debates raise fundamental issues in legal theory that can be examined afresh in...

In this essay, the author examines the question of the legitimacy of the Security Council. The author defines legitimacy as the justification of authority and focuses on legitimacy of Council procedure. He scrutinizes three influential normative theories of international legitimation present in...