Lepard: Reexamining Customary International Law
Brian D. Lepard (Univ. of Nebraska – Law) has published Reexamining Customary International Law(Cambridge Univ. Press 2017). Contents include:- Michael Wood, Foreword
- Brian D. Lepard, Introduction: why does customary international law need reexamining?
- J. Patrick Kelly, Customary international law in historical context: the exercise of power without general acceptance
- Fernando R. Tesón, Fake custom
- Niels Petersen, The role of consent and uncertainty in the formation of customary international law
- Thomas Kleinlein, Customary law and general principles: rethinking their relationship
- Jean-Marie Henckaerts & Els Debuf, The ICRC and the clarification of customary international humanitarian law
- Noora Arajärvi, From the ‘demands of humanity’: the formulation of opinio juris in decisions of international criminal tribunals and the need for a renewed emphasis on state practice
- Brian D. Lepard, Towards a new theory of customary international human rights law
- Anna Williams Shavers, Using customary international law to improve women’s lives
- Sofia Michaelides-Mateou, Customary international law in aviation: a hundred years of travel through the competing norms of sovereignty and freedom of overflight
- Frans von der Dunk, Customary international law and outer space
- Brian D. Lepard, Concluding reflections: insights from reexamining customary international law
