The Influence of English Courts on the Development of International Law

Antonios Tzanakopoulos 

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law

December 5, 2015

CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON BRITISH INFLUENCES ON INTERNATIONAL LAW, Robert McCorquodale and Jean-Pierre Gauci, eds, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Forthcoming 

Abstract:    
This contribution does not aim to quantify the influence of English courts on the development of international law, but rather to highlight their contribution in that development by focusing on important decisions on the law of immunity and on UN Law and the law of international organisations, and by referring to further notable decisions in other areas of international law. This is done against the background of an understanding of domestic courts as 'agents' of international law development through instigation, reaction, and approval, which is also explained in the paper.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 17

Keywords: domestic courts, international law and domestic law, avoidance techniques, incorporation, transformation, immunity, international organisations, development of international law
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