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International Law, Democratic Governance and September the 11th

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Euan Macdonald

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It seems to be beyond any reasonable doubt that the events of 11th September 2001, and the subsequent responses thereto, will have profound and far-reaching effects on the discipline of public international law. What seems equally certain is that international lawyers in general, and particularly those schooled in the “European” approach to the discipline, will view these developments with varying degrees of gloom. In this article, however, I want to suggest that, in one small but fundamentally important area, the terrorist attacks may arguably have a positive effect on the progressive development of international legal norms.

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Research Article
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German Law Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 9: Special issue - The War on Terror - One Year On , September 2002 , E3
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Copyright © 2002 by German Law Journal GbR 

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