Professor of Public International Law

Recent Publications

Books   

Coexistence, Cooperation and Solidarity, Liber amicorum Rüdiger Wolfrum, 2 vols, ed with Doris König et al (Nijhoff: Leiden, 2012) Contribution: 'Legitimacy of UN Member States', pp 1507-1526

Theorising the Global Legal Order (with Andrew Halpin), Hart Publishing: London, 2009

Legitimacy in International Law ed. (with R. Wolfrum), Springer, Germany, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-77763-2. Contribution: "What about Hobbes: Legitimacy as a matter of the functional and rational exercise of international public power", 353-367.

International Law in Need of Reform? Symposium in Honour of Rüdiger Wolfrum ed. (with D. König D., P.-T. Stoll, N. Matz-Lück), Springer Germany, 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75204-2. Contribution: "Managing risk to global stability: a newfound role for the UN Security Council?" 51-91.

Außenverfassungsrecht - Eine Untersuchung zur auswärtigen Gewalt des offenen Staates (External Constitutional Law - Foreign Relations Law of the Open State), Mohr Siebeck Germany, 2007, ISBN 978-3-16-149375-1, xxix - 570 pp.

Developments of International Law in Treaty Making  ed. (with R. Wolfrum), Springer Germany, 2005. Contribution: "Proliferation of Actors", p. 511.

Terrorism as a Challenge for National and International Law: Security versus Liberty? ed. (with S.Vöneky, C. Walter & F. Schorkopf), Springer Germany,2004. Contribution: "The Role of International Conventions and General International Law in the Fight against International Terrorism," p. 789.

Articles and Chapter Contributions    

"Eco-labelling", entry, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP: Oxford, 2012)     

“Conferences and Meetings of States Parties”, entry, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (online, 2012)

“Law-Making by International Organisations”, entry, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (online, 2012)   

“The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo: Rules or Principles”, (2010) 2 Göttingen Journal of International Law 1063-1086    

"Der offene Staat des Grundgesetzes: Rückblick auf 1919 und 1848" (The open state of the Basic Law in historical context), in: Das Grundgesetz nach 60 Jahren, T Giegerich ed. (Duncker und Humblot: Berlin, 2010).

"Commentary of Articles 67 through 76 TFEU", in: Recht der Europäischen Union (Law of the European Union), M. Nettesheim ed. (Beck: Munich, 3rd ed. 2010).   

"Auswärtige Gewalt’, in: Verfassungsrecht nach 60 Jahren", S. Huster and R. Zintl eds., (Nomos: Baden-Baden 2009), 15-18   

“The Enforcement Authority of International Institutions”, in Armin von Bogdandy et al. (eds.), The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions, (Springer: Berlin, 2009) 819-842

“Review Essay: Recent German public international law scholarship” (with Jochen von Bernstorff), (2009) 103 American Journal of International Law 609-618

“Der völkerrechtliche Rahmen für die Sezession einer Minderheit aus dem Staatsverband: Kosovo als Präzedenzfall?, (2009) 84 Friedens-Warte (Journal of International Peace) 73-91

"Funktionen des Verwaltungsakts" (Functions of the administrative act), (2008) 99 Verwaltungsarchiv 46-72

"Arts. 12, 13 and 14," Commentary, in: WTO - Institutions and Dispute Settlement’ Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law (ed. P.-T. Stoll, A. Seibert-Fohr & R. Wolfrum), Kluwer International, The Netherlands, 2007

"The regulation of financial services in the EU", in: The Regulation of International Financial Markets - Perspectives for Reform, T. Marauhn & R. Grote, eds., Cambridge, 2006, p. 115.

Conferences convened

The Crime of Aggression (in collaboration with Dr Helen Quane and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs) (Cardiff, July 2011)

New Uses of the Sea (in collaboration with Professor Rhidian Thomas) (Swansea, September 2010)

The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action: revisiting the fundamental themes after 15 years (in collaboration with Dr Helen Quane and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs) (Cardiff, July 2009)

Theorising the Global Legal Order (in collaboration with Professor Andrew Halpin) (Swansea, May 2008)

Papers

A legal framework for the secession of a minority group: Kosovo as a precedent? (Tuebingen University, November 2009)

Responsibility in International Law (Erlangen University, July 2009)

Recent MPhil and PhD Supervisions   

Adebola Adeyemi, Corporate responsibility and sustainable development

Temitope Akeremale, Transitional Justice    

Baba Saleh, ICC arbitration

"I would welcome proposals or enquiries for research into international law, including international trade and commerce, collective security and general public international law. In addition, I would welcome proposals on European Union and Public Comparative Law themes."