TY - BOOK ID - 78532152 TI - The public international law theory of Hans Kelsen AU - Bernstorff, Jochen von AU - Dunlap, Thomas PY - 2010 SN - 0511850964 1107206529 1282916289 9786612916281 0511775709 0511776462 0511773889 0511772815 0511776950 051177494X 9780511776465 9780511776953 9780521516181 0521516188 9781107699878 9780511850967 9781107206526 9781282916289 6612916281 9780511775703 9780511773884 9780511772818 1107699878 9781107699878 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - International law KW - History. KW - Kelsen, Hans, KW - Kelʹzen, Gans, KW - Kʻo-lu-sun, KW - קלזן, הנס, KW - Law KW - General and Others KW - International law - History KW - Kelsen, Hans, - 1881-1973 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78532152 AB - This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen. The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law and his international law writings is examined, enabling the reader to understand how Kelsen tried to square his own liberal cosmopolitan project with his methodological convictions as laid out in his Pure Theory of Law. Finally, Jochen von Bernstorff discusses the limits and continuing relevance of Kelsenian formalism for international law under the term of 'reflexive formalism', and offers a reflection on Kelsen's theory of international law against the background of current debates over constitutionalisation, institutionalisation and fragmentation of international law. The book also includes biographical sketches of Hans Kelsen and his main students Alfred Verdross and Joseph L. Kunz. ER -