Thursday, February 12, 2015

New Volume: Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

The latest volume of the Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (Vol. 5, 2014) is out. Contents include:
  • Studies in International Law and Organizations
    • Sanderijn Duquet & Jan Wouters, Non-Traditional Norms in International Law: Approaches in Legal Scholarship
    • Veronika Bílková, Responsibility While Protecting - an Alternative to R2P, or a Return to its Original Ethos?
    • Ana Polak Petrič, The Existance of the Right to Humanitarian Assistance in the Event of Natural Disasters
    • Josef Mrázek, The Definition of Aggression and the Use of Force
    • Jan Ondřej, What is the Legal Regime of the Arctic?
    • Jakub Handrlica, The Brussels Convention on the Liability of Operators of Nuclear Ships: Expectations, Basic Principles and the Reasons of Failure
    • Karolina Žákovská, CITES at the Beginning of its Fifth Decade: Outdated, or at its Best?
  • Diplomatic Protection
    • Čestmír Čepelka, Rethinhinking the ILC Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection: The Legal Nature of Diplomatic Protection
    • Pavel Caban, Diplomatic Protection and other Mechanisms for the Protection of the Individual against Serious Human Rights Violations: Limiting the Discretion
    • Diana Cucos, The Position of the Individual in Post-Codification Diplomatic Protection
  • International Law and European Law
    • Emil Ruffer, The Intergovernmental Avenues of the European Integration: A Way Ahead for the Economic and Monetary Union?
    • Pavel Biriukov, Issue of Cooperation on Home Affairs Between the USA and the EU
    • Harald Christian Scheu, European Anti-discrimination Law and the Legal Status of Professional Athletes
  • International Human Rights Law
    • Pavel Bureš, What is not right in Human Rights Protection? Few reflections on some European Court of Human Rights judgements
    • Jan Lhotský, The UN Human Rights Treaty Body System - Reform, Strengthening or Postponement?
    • Martin Faix, Are International Organisations Bound by International Human Rights Obligations?
    • Alla Tymofeyeva, Do Legal Person Have the Right to Respect for Private and Family Life?
  • International Criminal Law and Humanitarian Law
    • Kateřina Uhlířová, The Role of International Law in the Rule of Law Efforts in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Ondřej Svaček, Human Rights before the International Criminal Court
    • Carollann Braum, Private Military Contractors, Paramilitaries and Mercenaries in the Ukrainian Conflict: An Analysis of their Impact on International Law
  • Czech Views on Investment and Trade Law
    • Zuzana Jahodníková & Miloš Olík, And Never the Twain Shall Meet: Parallel Arbitral and Court Proceedings within the Sphere of International Investment Arbitration. Is Parallelism an Undesirable Occurrence or a Welcome Lifeline?
    • Vojtěch Trapl, Umbrella Clause - Additional Protection of Investment by Clause or Non-Protection Even Though Addition of the Clause?
    • Klara Polackova Van der Ploeg, State Immunity in Jurisprudence of Czech Courts