The Proliferation of Special Regimes and the Unity of the International Legal System

Author:

Linderfalk UlfORCID

Abstract

AbstractInternational law is becoming increasingly more specialized and diversified. In response to these developments, international lawyers now widely refer to international investment law, European human rights law and many other branches as ‘special regimes’. Scholars in the field see the proliferation of special regimes as a threat to the unity of the international legal system. In so doing, they are applying the traditional definition of a special regime as a collection of norms. This article encourages readers to conceive instead of a special regime as a community of practice—as an activity structured around the normative presuppositions of the people and institutions that participate in it. This new understanding, the article argues, is compatible with all predominant theories of law. When you adopt it, importantly, the proliferation of special regimes does not have the disintegrating effect that many scholars believe it to have.

Funder

Lund University

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Reference28 articles.

1. Barnhoorn, L., and K. Wellens, eds. 1995. Diversity in Secondary Rules and the Unity of International Law. London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.

2. Brandt, S. 2020. Ryle on Knowing How: Some Clarifications and Corrections. European Journal of Philosophy 29: 152–167.

3. Chi, M. 2018. Integrating Sustainable Development in International Investment Law. Normative Incompatibility, System Integration and Governance Implications. London: Routledge.

4. Engel Jr, M. 2020. Epistemic Luck. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available at: https://iep.utm.edu/epi-luck, last visited on 2 Dec 2020.

5. Fisher-Lescano, A., and G. Teubner. 2004. Regime Collisions: The Vain Search for Legal Unity in the Fragmentation of Global Law. Michigan Journal of International Law 25: 999–1046.

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3