Osgoode Hall Law School Library

Subject:

International law » Moral and ethical aspects.

Subject:

Legal polycentricity.

Subject:

International law » Philosophy.

Subject:

Normativity (Ethics)

Subject:

Judicial process.

Title:

Normative plurality in international law : a theory of the determination of applicable rules / Carlos Iván Fuentes.

Main Author:

Fuentes, Carlos Iván,

Language:

English

Published:

Springer, 2016

Series:

Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 57.

Summary:

"This book provides a theoretical framework for explaining the choices made by international decision-makers in terms of what constitutes law. It comprehensively analyzes the practice of human rights courts in applying legal instruments outside their competence and proposes that this practice recognizes that different normative instruments coexist in an un-ordered space, and that meaning can be produced by the free interaction of those instruments around a problem. Based on this, the book advances its normative plurality hypothesis, which states that decision-makers must survey the acquis of international law in order to identify all the instruments containing relevant normative information for a particular situation. The set of rules of law applicable to the situation must then be complemented with other instruments containing specific normative information relevant to the situation, resulting in a complete system of norms advancing a common purpose."

Physical Description:

xxvi, 240 pages ; 25 cm.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (209-240).

ISBN:

3319439278

9783319439273

Publication:

Switzerland : Springer, [2016]

Copyright Notice Date:

©2016

• Foreword / Santiago Villalpando
• Introduction
• Talking about sources : the constant reliance on a non-objectified element
• The imperfect paradigm : Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice
• Human rights as a new paradigm
• Normative plurality in international law
• General conclusion.