A Swing Beyond Formalism: Judicial Dialogue and International Law-Shaping
(2016) ESIL Research Forum, 2016 p.1-19- Abstract
- The paper analyzes judicial dialogue (or judicial cross-reference) as a new form of international law-making and articulates itself around a new lexicon of international law grounded on concepts of authority, normativity and interaction, rather than sources, obligations and hierarchy in law. The aim is to offer a theoretical insight in the phenomenon of judicial cross-reference as a new avenue of international law-making. Whilst the literature concerned with judicial activism and judge-made law stressed the role of international judicial decisions as material sources of international law, the perspective suggested by this paper emphasizes the significance of diffused judicial cross-reference – between international and domestic judicial... (More)
- The paper analyzes judicial dialogue (or judicial cross-reference) as a new form of international law-making and articulates itself around a new lexicon of international law grounded on concepts of authority, normativity and interaction, rather than sources, obligations and hierarchy in law. The aim is to offer a theoretical insight in the phenomenon of judicial cross-reference as a new avenue of international law-making. Whilst the literature concerned with judicial activism and judge-made law stressed the role of international judicial decisions as material sources of international law, the perspective suggested by this paper emphasizes the significance of diffused judicial cross-reference – between international and domestic judicial actors – as a technique of international law-making. Particularly, the paper considers selected case law developed by international and domestic criminal jurisdictions and distills elements which contribute to authority building and normative expectations in international law. (Less)
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- Lo Giacco, Letizia LU
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- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Public international law, Folkrätt
- pages
- 1 - 19
- conference name
- ESIL Research Forum, 2016
- conference location
- Istanbul, Turkey
- conference dates
- 2016-04-21 - 2016-04-22
- language
- English
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- yes
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