International Law in the Post-Cold War World: Essays in Memory of Li Haopei

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• Title Page v
• Contents vii
• Preface and Acknowledgements xi
• Abbreviations xiii
• My Friend LI Haopei xxii
• Li Haopei: A Bibliography xxvii
• Part I - Trends and Perspectives 1
• 1 - Shifting Paradigms of International Law and World Order in an Era of Historical Transition 3
• 2 - Towards an International Law of Co-Progressiveness 18
• Part II - Sources of International Law 41
• 3 - The Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to the Ascertainment of General Principles of Law Recognized by the Community of Nations 43
• 4 - Opinio Juris: a Key Concept in International Law That is Much Misunderstood 56
• 5 - Judicial Decisions as a Source of International Law and the Defence of Duress in Murder or Other Cases Arising from Armed Conflict 77
• Part III - Substance and Theories of International Law 97
• 6 - The Concept of “war Crimes” 99
• 7 - A New Area of International Law: the Protection of Maritime Cultural Property 119

• Title Page v
• Contents vii
• Preface and Acknowledgements xi
• Abbreviations xiii
• My Friend LI Haopei xxii
• Li Haopei: A Bibliography xxvii
• Part I - Trends and Perspectives 1
• 1 - Shifting Paradigms of International Law and World Order in an Era of Historical Transition 3
• 2 - Towards an International Law of Co-Progressiveness 18
• Part II - Sources of International Law 41
• 3 - The Contribution of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to the Ascertainment of General Principles of Law Recognized by the Community of Nations 43
• 4 - Opinio Juris: a Key Concept in International Law That is Much Misunderstood 56
• 5 - Judicial Decisions as a Source of International Law and the Defence of Duress in Murder or Other Cases Arising from Armed Conflict 77
• Part III - Substance and Theories of International Law 97
• 6 - The Concept of “war Crimes” 99
• 7 - A New Area of International Law: the Protection of Maritime Cultural Property 119
• 8 - Imf Governance, the Asian Financial Crisis, and the New International Financial Architecture 131
• 9 - Passing the Baton: the Delegation of Security Council Enforcement Powers from Kuwait to Kosovo 148
• 10 - State Responsibility for Violations of Human Rights 171
• 11 - Russia and International Human Rights 182
• 12 - Responsibility of States and Individuals for International Crimes 202
• 13 - China and the Principle of Sovereign Equality in the 21st Century 224
• 14 - The Legality of Nato’s Military Action in Kosovo 240
• 15 - Immunity and “double Criminality”: General Augusto Pinochet Before the House of Lords 254
• 16 - The Use of the Term “(public) Morality” in the European Convention on Human Rights: a Brief History 268
• 17 - International Legal Issues Arising in the Kosovo Crisis 278
• 18 - Content and Contours of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes 289
• 19 - The Legal Qualification of the Conflicts in the Former Yugoslavia: Double Standards or New Horizons for International Humanitarian Law? 307
• 20 - Monitoring the Convention Against Racial Discrimination in the Post-Cold War Context 334
• 21 - General Principles of Law Regarding the Protection of Minorities 348
• 22 - Sovereignty in Global Economic Integration: a Chinese Perspective 357
• 23 - The Doctrine of Command Responsibility as Applied to Civilian Leaders: the Ictr and the Kayishema Case 373
• Part IV - Courts and Adjudication 385
• 24 - The International Protection of Human Rights: Experiences with the European Court of Human Rights 387
• 25 - The International Court of Justice and Human Rights in the 1990s—linking Peace and Justice Through the Right to Life 398
• 26 - The Supervision of the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 409
• 27 - Judicial Procedures and the Protection of Human Rights: the European Context 423
• 28 - Challenges to Indictments in International Criminal Trials 433
• 29 - Contributions of the International Criminal Tribunals to the Development of Substantive International Humanitarian Law 446
• 30 - The Competence of a Tribunal to Deny Its Existence 473
• 31 - The Icj’s Jurisdiction in the Legality of Use of Force Cases 480
• Appendix 497
• Jus Cogens and International Law 499
• Index 523