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A Contextualized Account Of General Principles Of International Law, Michelle Biddulph, Dwight Newman
A Contextualized Account Of General Principles Of International Law, Michelle Biddulph, Dwight Newman
Pace International Law Review
This Article examines general principles of international law through the innovative means of comparing their use in four different, novel areas of international law—international environmental law, international investment law, international criminal law, and international indigenous rights. By doing so, the Article is able to make the distinct claim that there is no one, single methodology for analysis of general principles of international law. Rather, each area of international law tends to use a methodology suited to its policy objectives and overall characteristics as a specific area of law. The Article characterizes two predominant academic approaches to general principles: a purely …
Climate Change Negotiations And Doha, Qatar, Sophia Sofferman
Climate Change Negotiations And Doha, Qatar, Sophia Sofferman
Pace International Law Review
This comment will focus on the role that the principle of common and differentiated responsibilities plays in global climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change and more recent climate negotiations by the Conference of the Parties. More specifically, this comment will focus on the implications this has for developing and developed countries, namely on China and the United States as the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, and as developing and developed countries respectively.