From Europe's World, a series on global governance. From European Journal of International Law, Martti Koskenniemi (Helsinki): The Politics of International Law — 20 Years Later; Eyal Benvenisti (Tel Aviv) and George W. Downs (NYU): National Courts, Domestic Democracy, and the Evolution of International Law; Yuval Shany (HUK): No Longer a Weak Department of Power? Reflections on the Emergence of a New International Judiciary; Bruno Simma (ICJ): Universality of International Law from the Perspective of a Practitioner; and Anne Peters (Basel): Humanity as the Alpha and Omega of Sovereignty (and responses). From Global Law Books, how rational is international law? A review of How International Law Works by Andrew T. Guzman and The Economic Structure of International Law by Joel Trachtman; a review of The Degradation of the International Legal Order? The Rehabilitation of Law and the Possibility of Politics by Bill Bowring; a review essay on NGOs in international law; and a review essay on the administration of territory by international actors. Is international law really law? An interview with Michael Scharf, author of Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis. Global Governance: What can the world learn about global governance from the diplomatic model of the European Union? A review of Ruling the World?: Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance. Why we need a UN Parliament: It isn't less democracy that will allow for more effective global governance — more democracy is urgently needed. A true world order: Conrad Black on a blueprint for global progress, led by the United States. Here are sample chapters (by Philip Pettit, Joseph Raz, and more) from The Philosophy of International Law, ed. Samantha Besson and John Tasioulas.
