What Role for Academic Writers in Interpreting International Law?--A Rejoinder to Orakhelashvili
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The points of criticism advanced by Orakhelashvili can be confuted easily. Secession is a fact. A rule according to which secession can produce legal effects only to the extent these are allowed, as identified by Orakhelashvili, cannot be found in International Law. On a whole, the right to self-determination is a far more complex concept than portrayed by Orakhelashvili. Finally, Orakhelashvili seems to attribute a very limited role to the academic writer in norm interpretation: the straightforward choice between “right” and “false” interpretations. However, a more nuanced position must be taken.
Author: P. Hilpold
Institution: Universität Innsbruck
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1996792816