Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12187331
AutoresMartti Koskenniemi (autor correspondente), Päivi Leino
Ano2002
Volume15
Fascículo3
Páginas553-579
Data de publicação2002-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLeiden Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0922-1565 • E-ISSN: 1478-9698
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0922156502000262
OpenAlexW2156449135
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas89

Successive ICJ Presidents have expressed concern about the proliferation of international tribunals and substantive fragmentation of international law. This is not a new phenomenon. International law has always lacked a clear normative and institutional hierarchy. The problem is more how new institutions have used international law to further new interests, especially those not predominant in traditional law. The anxiety among ICJ judges should be seen less as a concern for abstract “coherence” than a worry about the demise of traditional principles of diplomatic law and the Court's privileged role as their foremost representative. As jurisdictional conflicts reflect divergent political priorities, it is unclear that administrative co-ordination can eliminate them. This does not, however, warrant excessive worries over fragmentation; it is an institutional expression of political pluralism internationally

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