Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015

Part I. Jus Cogens: Quo Vadis?

1.
Jus Cogens and the Humanization and Fragmentation of International Law
Maarten Heijer, Harmen Wilt

2. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Jus Cogens

Dinah Shelton

3. Understanding the Jus Cogens Debate: The Pervasive Influence of Legal Positivism and Legal Idealism
Ulf Linderfalk

4.
Jus Cogens as a Social Construct Without Pedigree
Jean d’Aspremont

5. Audience and Authority—The Merit of the Doctrine of Jus Cogens

Alexander Orakhelashvili

6. Genesis, Function and Identification of Jus Cogens Norms
Stefan Kadelbach

7.
Jus Cogens as the ‘Highest Law’? Peremptory Norms and Legal Hierarchies
Thomas Kleinlein

8. In Quest of the Practical Value of Jus Cogens Norms
Elizabeth Santalla Vargas

9. Constitutional Conversations in the Anthropocene: In Search of Environmental Jus Cogens Norms
Louis J. Kotzé

10. Non-refoulement as Custom and Jus Cogens? Putting the Prohibition to the Test
Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster

11. Improving Compliance: Jus Cogens and International Economic Law
Thomas Cottier

12.
Jus Cogens in International Investment Law and Arbitration
Valentina Vadi

Part II. Dutch Practice in International Law ‘Dutch Practice in International Law’: An Introductory Note

13. Immunities of International Organizations Before Domestic Courts: Reflections on the Collective Labour Case Against the European Patent Organization
Cedric Ryngaert

14. Judicial Review on the Island of Saint Martin: An Example for The Kingdom of the Netherlands?
Roel Schutgens, Joost Sillen

15. Between Pretence and Practice: The Dutch Response to Recommendations of International Human Rights Bodies
Jasper Krommendijk

Nyckelord: Law, Public International Law