Full Description
This volume of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law contains materials from a conference entitled "The Approaches of Liberal and Illiberal
Governments to International Law: A Conference Marking 25 Years since the Collapse of Communist Regimes in Central and Eastern Europe" that was held in the building of the Estonian Academy of Sciences on 12-13 June 2014. The conference was co-organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu and the European Society of International Law's interest group on international legal theory (ILTIG). Editing of this volume was supported by grant IUT20-50 of the Estonian Research Council.
Contents
Editorial Foreword ;
Foreword: Fifty Shades of Gray Jose E. Alvarez;
Did the States Which Founded the UN Have Liberal or Illiberal Governments? Bill Bowring;
The Second Part of the Ideal Theory of John Rawls in The Law of Peoples Transplanted and Revisited Maria Varaki;
Ideology of Liberalism and International Law Oleksandr Merezhko;
Will the Real Transitology Please Stand Up? John D. Haskell;
The Non-Native Speakers of International Law: The Case of Russia Anna Dolidze;
From Illiberal to Incorrigible: A New Strategy for Humanitarian Enforcement Action in Syria Isobel Roele;
Russia, the Security Council, and the Return of History Charlotte Steinorth;
Russia's Illiberal Ideology and Its Influences on the Legislation in the Sphere of Civil and Political Rights Kerttu Mager;
Russia and International Criminal Law Gleb Bogush;
International Legal Norms in the System of the Ukrainian Constitution Leonid Tymchenko;
A Critique of Western Discourses of International Law and State Sovereignty through Chinese Lenses Phil C.W. Chan;
China: an Illiberal, Non-Western State in a Western-centric, Liberal Order? Wim Muller;
Liberalism in International Trade, Illiberalism in Domestic Economic Governance and Human Rights Protection in the Context of the WTO Vladislav Mulyun;
Symbols of Illiberalism in the World of Liberal States Veronika Bilkova;
Value Pluralism without the Value of Pluralism? "Homosexual Propaganda" Bans as a Litmus Test for the Acceptance of Liberal and International Human Rights Norms in the Post-Communist States Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Anna Śledzińska-Simon;
A Glass Half Empty? Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe Jernej Letnar Černič;
"Transplanting" Democracy and Human Rights in a Post-communist Country: Some Comments on the Role of the Venice Commission's Opinions with Respect to Romania Laura-Maria Crăciunean;
The End of the End of History: Some Epitaphs for Liberalism Gerry Simpson;
Republic of Estonia Materials on International Law 2014 Edited by Rene Vark;
Republic of Latvia Materials on International Law 2014 Edited by Aija Lejniece and Katrīne Pļaviņa;
Republic of Lithuania Materials on International Law 2014 Edited by Jolanta Apolevič and Erika Leonaitė;
Book Review: Kuzborska, Elżbieta, Legal Situation of National Minorities in Lithuania - in the Context of International and Supranational Protection Standards Lauri Hannikainen.
