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The law of international responsibility, a classic area of investigation in international law, has been attracting an ever increasing interest in recent times, as reflected also in the work of the International Law Commission on State responsibility and on responsibility of international organizations. The exploration of current trends in this important area is therefore an appropriate and timely subject for a book in memory of Oscar Schachter, a former United Nations official, Columbia Law School professor, ASIL President, and international lawyer of world-wide reputation, who died in December 2003. The editor of the book has assembled a team of thirty-six prominent international lawyers belonging to twenty different nationalities to write about different aspects of the law of international responsibility, from general issues to specific areas of the law (including responsibility before international courts and tribunals), with respect to both the law of State responsibility and responsibility of international organizations and other non-State actors. The result of this effort is a monographic volume (enriched by a biography and a list of publications of Oscar Schachter, and accompanied by a bibliography of all the works cited in the various contributions and an index for easier consultation), which will be of interest not only to the many admirers and friends of Oscar Schachter around the world, but also, more broadly, to international law academics and practitioners.

Government liability (International law) --- État --- Responsabilité (droit international) --- Public law. Constitutional law --- International law --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- International claims --- Sovereignty --- Claims --- International right. --- Responsibility. --- State  liability. --- Accountability --- Moral responsibility --- Obligation --- Ethics --- Supererogation

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Public law. Constitutional law --- Administrative law --- European law --- European Union --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- 342.4 --- 334.150.0 --- 398.1 --- Raad van Europa --- regio's --- Grondwet. Staathervorming. --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden. --- grondwet --- europese unie --- internationale verdragen --- constitution --- union europeenne --- traites internationaux --- Union européenne --- Politics and government --- Constitution (Law) --- Grondwet. Staathervorming --- Institutionele aspecten EG: algemeenheden

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Constitutional courts have emerged as central institutions in many advanced democracies. This book investigates the sources and the limits of judicial authority, focusing on the central role of public support for judicial independence. The empirical sections of the book illustrate the theoretical argument in an in-depth study of the German Federal Constitutional Court, including statistical analysis of judicial decisions, case studies, and interviews with judges and legislators. The book's major finding is that the interests of governing majorities, prevailing public opinion, and the transparency of the political environment exert a powerful influence on judicial decisions. Judges are influenced not only by jurisprudential considerations and their policy preferences, but also by strategic concerns. By highlighting this dimension of constitutional review, the book challenges the contention that high court justices are largely unconstrained actors as well as the notion that constitutional courts lack democratic legitimacy.

Public law. Constitutional law --- Internal politics --- Law of civil procedure --- Germany --- Judicial review --- Political aspects --- Public opinion. --- Public opinion --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Review, Judicial --- Constitutional law --- Courts --- Delegation of powers --- Executive power --- Judicial power --- Legislation --- Legislative power --- Rule of law --- Separation of powers

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In the wake of the EU's biggest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for membership in the European Union. In response to the painful past, these new constitutions were notably closed to transfer of powers to international organizations, and accorded a prominent status to sovereignty and independence. A little more than a decade later, the process of amending these provisions in view of the transfer of sovereign powers to a supranational organization has proved a sensitive and controversial exercise. This book analyses the amendments against the background of comparative experience and theory of sovereignty, as well as the context of political sensitivities, such as rising euroscepticism ahead of accession referendums.

Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- European Union --- Droit international --- Organisations internationales --- Union européenne --- Adhésion --- International and municipal law --- 281.1 Staatsrecht per land (behalve Belgie) --- Public law. Constitutional law --- European law --- International law --- Law --- Municipal and international law --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Influence --- International law influences --- Interpretation and construction --- Europe, Eastern --- East Europe --- Eastern Europe --- Constitutional law - European Union countries --- Constitutions - Europe, Central --- Constitutions - Europe, Eastern --- Adhésion. --- General and Others --- Europe, Eastern.