There is no issue more central to a legal order than responsibility, and yet the dearth of contemporary theorizing on international responsibility law is worrying for the state of international law. The volume brings philosophers of the law of responsibility into dialogue with international responsibility law specialists. Its tripartite structure corresponds to the three main theoretical challenges in the contemporary practice of international responsibility law: the public and private nature of the international responsibility of public institutions; its collective and individual dimensions; and the place of fault therein. In each part, two international lawyers and two philosophers of responsibility law address the most pressing questions in the theory of international responsibility law. The volume closes with a comparative 'world tour' of the responsibility of public institutions in four different legal cultures and regions, identifying stepping-stones and stumbling blocks on the path towards a common law of international responsibility.

A dialogue between international responsibility lawyers and legal philosophers laying the groundwork for new research and legal reform.

About the Author
Samantha Besson holds the Chair Droit international des institutions at the College de France and is Professor of Public International Law and European Law at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She is an associate member of the Institute of International Law and co-chair of the ILA Study Group on the International Law of Regional Organizations.


Book Information
ISBN 9781009208536
Author Samantha Besson
Format Hardback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 690g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 157mm * 25mm