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Book SynopsisIn August 2015, international legal scholars and expert practitioners from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden gathered to discuss contemporary issues of international law from a Nordic perspective: Do the “shared Nordic values” extend to embrace a common perspective on international law and policy beyond the Nordic region? And do international legal scholars in the Nordic countries share a professional outlook enabling us to speak of a distinct “Nordic approach to international law”? This book contains a selection of the conference papers, which all address aspects of Nordic approaches to international law - varying significantly in terms of subject area, methodology and style. The book is relevant to international legal scholars in the Nordic countries and beyond.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Nordic Approaches to International Law? Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen; Nostalghia: A Nordic International Law Gregor Noll; Diplomats, Professors, and then Some: Notes for a History of International Law in 20th Century Finland Martti Koskenniemi; Dag Hammarskjöld and the “Ambetsmanna” Approach to UN Cooperation Ove Bring; Nordic Judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen; A Nordic Approach to the Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights? Jens Elo Rytter; Who Cares about International Law? A Study of how Scandinavian Judges’ Cite International Law and Courts Marlene Wind; The Effect of the Judgments of the ECtHR before the National Courts – A Nordic Approach? David Thor Björgvinsson; The implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Nordic Countries: A New Comprehensive Criminalization of Serious Crimes Thordis Ingadottir; In the Line of Fire: Denmark and Law and Legitimacy in 21st Century War of Choice Anders Henriksen; Communities of Interest in the Nordic Management of International Watercourses Julie Gjørtz Howden; A Nordic Approach to Promoting Women’s Rights within International Law: Internal v. External Perspectives Cecilia M. Bailliet; Conspicuous Absence and Mistaken Presence - A Note on the Ambiguous Role of Scandinavian Legal Realism in Nordic Approaches to International Law Jakob v.H. Holtermann; Index.
