Democracy and International Law

Edited by Gregory H. Fox, Professor of Law and Director, Program for International Legal Studies, Wayne State University Law School, Detroit and Brad R. Roth, Professor of Political Science and Law and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, US

‘This is a timely collection of the best writings from the past two decades on whether liberal-democratic norms have successfully infiltrated international law, a field that—while traditionally built upon the concept of the State—has been agnostic as to governmental legitimacy. A must read for anyone concerned with the implications for inter-State relations of threats to democracy worldwide, and an excellent companion volume to Democratic Governance and International Law (2000).'

• Contents:Introduction Gregory H. Fox and Brad R. Roth xiiPART I PRESENT OVERALL STATUS OF EMERGING RIGHT TODEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE1. Susan Marks (2011), ‘What has Become of the Emerging Right toDemocratic Governance?’, European Journal of International Law,22 (2), May, 507–24 22. Jean d’Aspremont (2011), ‘The Rise and Fall of DemocracyGovernance in International Law: A Reply to Susan Marks’,European Journal of International Law, 22 (2), May, 549–70 203. Christian Pippan (2012), ‘Democracy as a Global Norm: Has itFinally Emerged?’, Matthew Happold (ed.), International Law in aMultipolar World, Chapter 10, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY,USA: Taylor & Francis, 203–23 424. Jure Vidmar (2014), ‘Judicial Interpretations of Democracy inHuman Rights Treaties’, Cambridge Journal of International andComparative Law, 3 (2), 532–55 635. Erika de Wet (2015), ‘From Free Town to Cairo via Kiev: TheUnpredictable Road of Democratic Legitimacy in GovernmentalRecognition’, American Journal of International Law Unbound,108, 201–7 876. Brad R. Roth (2015), ‘Whither Democratic Legitimism?:Contextualizing Recent Developments in the Recognition and Non-Recognition of Governments’, American Journal of InternationalLaw Unbound, 108, 213–18 947. Jean d’Aspremont (2015), ‘The Pipe Dream of ConstrainingRecognition Through Democracy: International Lawyers’Regulatory Project Continued’, American Journal of InternationalLaw Unbound, 108, 219–21 1008. Christina M. Cerna (2015), ‘Democratic Legitimacy and Respectfor Human Rights: The New Gold Standard’, American Journal ofInternational Law Unbound, 108, 222–7 1039. Obiora Chinedu Okafor (2015), ‘Democratic Legitimacy as aCriterion for the Recognition of Governments: A Response toProfessor Erika De Wet’, American Journal of International LawUnbound, 108, 228–32 10910. Vasiliki Saranti (2015), ‘Democratic Legitimacy as a Criterion forRecognizing a Government: Towards the Emergence of a RegionalCustomary Rule in The Americas? A Reply to Professor Erika DeWet’, American Journal of International Law Unbound , 108 , 233–8 114PART II DEMOCRACY AND SELF-DETERMINATION11. Russell A. Miller (2003), ‘Self-Determination in International Lawand the Demise of Democracy?’, Columbia Journal ofTransnational Law , 41 , 601–48 12112. Niels Petersen (2008), ‘The Principle of Democratic Teleology inInternational Law’, Brooklyn Journal of International Law , 34 (1),33–84 16913. Brad R. Roth (2018), ‘The Relevance of Democratic Principles tothe Self-Determination Norm’, in Peter Hilpold (ed.), Autonomyand Self-Determination , Chapter 3, Cheltenham, UK andNorthampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 56–76 221PART III EVALUATING ELECTIONS14. Christina Binder (2009), ‘Two Decades of International ElectoralSupport: Challenges and Added Value’, Max Planck Yearbook ofUnited Nations Law , 13 , 213–46 24315. Avery Davis-Roberts and David J. Carroll (2010), ‘UsingInternational Law to Assess Elections’, Democratization , 17 (3),June, 416–41 27716. Barrie Sander (2019), ‘Democracy Under The Influence: Paradigmsof State Responsibility for Cyber Influence Operations onElections’, Chinese Journal of International Law , 18 (1), March,1–56 303PART IV THE UNITED NATIONS17. Gregory H. Fox (2004), ‘Democratization’, in David Malone (ed.),The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century ,Chapter 5, Colorado, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 69–84 36018. Francesco Mancini (2016), ‘Promoting Democracy’, in Sebastianvon Einsiedel, David M. Malone and Bruno Stagno Ugarte (eds),The UN Security Council in the 21st Century , Part II, Chapter 12,Colorado, USA: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 235–57 376PART V REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS19. Agustín Ruiz Robledo (2018), ‘The Construction of the Right toFree Elections by the European Court of Human Rights’,Cambridge International Law Journal , 7 (2), 225–40 40020. Enrique Lagos and Timothy D. Rudy (2004), ‘In Defense ofDemocracy’, University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, 35(2), Spring, 283–309 41621. Thomas Legler and Thomas Kwasi Tieku (2010), ‘WhatDifference Can a Path Make? Regional Democracy PromotionRegimes in the Americas and Africa’, Democratization, 17 (3),June, 465–91 44322. Kalkidan N. Obse and Christian Pippan (2015), ‘CollectivelyProtecting Constitutionalism and Democratic Governance inAfrica: A Tale of High Hopes and Low Expectations?’, CambridgeJournal of International and Comparative Law, 4 (2), 344–67 47023. Solomon A. Dersso (2019), ‘The Status and Legitimacy of PopularUprisings in the AU Norms on Democracy and ConstitutionalGovernance’, Journal of African Law, 63 (S1), May, 107–30 494PART VI DEMOCRATIC RECESSION24. Amichai Magen (2015), ‘The Right to Democratic Governance inan Era of Democratic Recession’, Cambridge Journal ofInternational and Comparative Law, 4 (2), 368–87 51925. David Landau (2017), ‘Democratic Erosion and Constitution-Making Moments: The Role of International Law’, UC IrvineJournal of International, Transnational, and Comparative Law, 2,87–112 539PART VII DEMOCRACY AND INTERNAL CRISES26. Jacob Wobig (2015), ‘Defending Democracy with InternationalLaw: Preventing Coup Attempts with Democracy Clauses’,Democratization, 22 (4), 631–54 56627. Issaka K. Souaré (2014), ‘The African Union as a NormEntrepreneur on Military Coups d’État in Africa (1952–2012): AnEmpirical Assessment’, Journal of Modern African Studies, 52 (1),69–94 59028. Eki Yemisi Omorogbe (2011), ‘A Club of Incumbents? The AfricanUnion and Coups d’État’, Vanderbilt University Journal ofTransnational Law, 44 (1), 123–54 61629. Ozan O. Varol (2012), ‘The Democratic Coup d’État’, HarvardInternational Law Journal, 53 (2), Summer, 291–356 64830. Matthew Saul (2012), ‘The Search for an International LegalConcept of Democracy: Lessons from the Post-ConflictReconstruction of Sierra Leone’, Melbourne Journal ofInternational Law, 13 (1), 540–68 714PART VIII DEMOCRACY, INTERVENTION AND PEACE31. David Wippman (2015), ‘Pro-Democratic Intervention’, in MarcWeller (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force inInternational Law, Chapter 36, Oxford, UK and New York, NY,USA: Oxford University Press, 797–815 74432. Sara McLaughlin Mitchell and Paul F. Diehl (2012), ‘Caution inWhat You Wish For: The Consequences of a Right to Democracy’,Stanford Journal of International Law, 48 (2), Summer, 289–317 76333. Simone van den Driest (2010), ‘“Pro-Democratic” Interventionand the Right to Political Self-Determination: The Case ofOperation Iraqi Freedom’, Netherlands International Law Review,57 (1), March, 29–72 79234. Jeremy I. Levitt (2006), ‘Pro-Democratic Intervention in Africa’,Wisconsin International Law Journal, 24 (3), 785–833 836Index