Arbeitspapier
Godot Was Always There: Repetition and the Formation of Customary International Law
Rules of customary law figure prominently in today’s law and policy. Across policy fields, courts and policy-makers are called to interpret and apply customary law. However, it is still a bit of a mystery how rules of customary law emerge and how they can be identified in the first place. In this paper, I set out why the mystery of customary law is bound to remain unresolved. Customary law cannot be treated as a body of rules ‘out there’, ready for application by domestic, regional or global authorities. Instead, it is part of a process of global cooperation where rules of customary law emerge and grow because they are restated. Rules of customary law only exist if they are successfully presented as already there.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Global Cooperation Research Papers ; No. 22
- Classification
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Politik
- Subject
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repetition
customary law
expert commitee
International Law Commission
pathways
polycentric governance
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Werner, Wouter
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of Duisburg-Essen, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)
- (where)
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Duisburg
- (when)
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2019
- DOI
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doi:10.14282/2198-0411-GCRP-22
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-20190911-113357-1
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Werner, Wouter
- University of Duisburg-Essen, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)
Time of origin
- 2019