KFOR 2235/1: The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline? – Coordination


The Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?” examines the role of international law in a changing global order. We assume that a systemically relevant crisis of international law of unusual proportions is currently taking place which requires a reassessment of the state and the role of the international legal order. Do the challenges which have arisen in recent years lead to a new type of international law? Do we witness the return of a ‘classical’ type of international law in which States have more political leeway? Or are we simply observing a slump in the development of an international rule of law based on a universal understanding of values? What role can, and should, international law play in the future?

The Research Group brings together international lawyers and political scientists from three institutions in the Berlin-Brandenburg region: Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Universität Potsdam. An important pillar of the Research Group consists of the fellow programme for international researchers who visit the Research Group for periods up to two years. Individual research projects pursued benefit from dense interdisciplinary exchanges among senior scholars, practitioners, postdoctoral fellows and doctoral students from diverse academic backgrounds.

Principal investigators
Hurrell, Andrew Prof. Dr. (Details) (Public Law / Public Law and International Law)
Nolte, Georg Prof. Dr. (Details) (Public Law / Public Law and International Law)

Financer
DFG: Forschergruppen

Duration of project
Start date: 10/2015
End date: 03/2020

Research Areas
Public Law

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