Symposium : The Changing Structure of International Law Revisited (Part 4)

Abstract

The essays published in these pages form the final part of an ongoing symposium. The Institut des hautes études internationales and the European Journal of International Law convened a conference on ‘The Changing Structure of International Law Revisited’ in March 1997, bringing together a group of European and American scholars to discuss the current state of international law in the light of changes that have occurred, both on doctrinal and practical levels, in recent decades. The symposium identified four areas of investigation: The state between fragmentation and globalization; Is there a hierarchy of norms in International law?; Is international law moving towards criminalization?; and Where does the International community stand? Papers on the first three themes appeared in EJIL volume 8, numbers 3 and 4 and volume 9, number 1.