Thomas Kleinlein – författare

For many centuries, thinkers have tried to understand and to conceptualize political and legal order beyond the boundaries of sovereign territories. Their concepts, deeply entangled with ideas of theology, state formation, and human nature, form the bedrock of todays theoretical discourses on international law. This volume engages with models of early international legal thought from Machiavelli to Hegel before international law in the modern sense became an academic discipline of its own. The interplay of system and order serves as a leitmotiv throughout the book, helping to link historical models to contemporary discourse.Part I of the book covers a diverse collection of thinkers in order to scrutinize and contextualize their respective models of the international realm in light of general legal and political philosophy. Part II maps the historical development of international legal thought more generally by distilling common themes and ideas, such as the relationship between universality and particularity, the role of the state, the influence of power and economic interests on the law, and the contingencies of time, space and technical opportunities.In the current political climate, where it appears that the reinvigorated concept of the nation state as an ordering force competes with internationalist thinking, the problems at issue in the classic theories point to contemporary questions: is an international system without central power possible? How can a normative order come about if there is no central force to order relations between states? These essays show that uncovering the history of international law can offer ways in which to envisage its future.

Foreign relations law and public international law are two closely related academic fields that tend to speak past each other. As this innovative volume shows, the two are closely interrelated and depend on each other for their mutual construction and identity. A better understanding of this relationship is of vital importance for upholding important constitutional values like democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights, while enabling states to engage in meaningful forms of international cooperation. The book takes a close look at the encounters between the two fields and offers perspectives for a constructive engagement between the two. Collectively, the contributions argue that the delimitation between the two fields occurs in a hybrid zone of interaction which requires both bridges and boundaries: bridges for the construction of the relationship between the two fields, and boundaries for preserving key normative expectations of both domestic and international law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Foreign relations law and public international law are two closely related academic fields that tend to speak past each other. As this innovative volume shows, the two are closely interrelated and depend on each other for their mutual construction and identity. A better understanding of this relationship is of vital importance for upholding important constitutional values like democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights, while enabling states to engage in meaningful forms of international cooperation. The book takes a close look at the encounters between the two fields and offers perspectives for a constructive engagement between the two. Collectively, the contributions argue that the delimitation between the two fields occurs in a hybrid zone of interaction which requires both bridges and boundaries: bridges for the construction of the relationship between the two fields, and boundaries for preserving key normative expectations of both domestic and international law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Thomas Kleinlein analysiert die unterschiedlichen Potentiale für eine dialogische und pluralistische Grundrechtsjudikatur, die föderalen Grundrechtssystemen innewohnen. Gegenstand seiner Untersuchung sind Deutschland, die USA und die EU. Als Alternative zu einem verbreiteten staats- und souveränitätszentrierten Verständnis schlägt er eine föderale Theorie der Mehrebenen-Grundrechtsjudikatur vor. Mit einer solchen föderalen Sichtweise lassen sich dogmatische Figuren, über die Anwendungsbereiche, Kontrollmaßstäbe und -intensität definiert werden, als Ausdruck der institutionellen Strukturen und der Interaktion der beteiligten Gerichte begreifen. Praktischer Ertrag der Forschung sind Vorschläge, die Gerichten in Mehrebenen-Strukturen Orientierung bieten können, vor allem angesichts der aktuellen Herausforderungen, mit denen der Grundrechtsschutz in Europa konfrontiert ist.

Der Band ist dem internationalen Kontext und der internationalen Rezeption der Weimarer Reichsverfassung gewidmet. Juristen, Politikwissenschaftler und Historiker nehmen eine international vergleichende Einordnung der Verfassung von 1919 und der auf sie bezugnehmenden Diskurse vor. Ihre Beiträge arbeiten sowohl die zeitgenössischen Querbezüge als auch ihre internationale Rezeption auf der historischen Längsachse heraus. Im Sinne eines Quervergleichs wird der internationale Kontext der Weimarer Verfassung untersucht. Welchen geistigen Einflüssen war sie ausgesetzt? Welche ausländischen Vorbilder wurden genutzt, welche bewusst abgelehnt? Einen zweiten Schwerpunkt bildet die internationale Rezeptionsgeschichte der Weimarer Verfassung. Welche unmittelbar zeitgenössische Ausstrahlungswirkung hatte sie? Wo war "Weimar" wann ein Argument? Welche Lehren wurden andernorts in Verfassungsberatungen gezogen? Welche langfristigen Wirkungen zeigen sich international in juristischen und intellektuellen Diskursen?