Conversations Among Courts: Domestic and International Adjudicators

Karin Alter, Cesare Romano &Yuval Shany (eds), Handbook of International Adjudication (OUP 2013, Forthcoming)

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2013-30

Amsterdam Center for International Law No. 2013-08

32 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2013 Last revised: 7 Jan 2014

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Andre Nollkaemper

University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for International Law

Date Written: May 27, 2013

Abstract

This paper explores the interactions between national and international courts by adopting a functional analysis. One cannot really speak about ‘the’ relationship between national and international courts. Rather, there is a multitude of legal relationships that, both in their empirical and normative dimensions, are best studied by distinguishing between the different functions that national and international courts fulfill vis-à-vis each other. The paper discusses the diverse functions that national courts can fulfill in relation to international courts and vice versa, and explore what principles should apply to the exercise of these functions.

Keywords: International courts, National courts, International adjudication, Subsidiarity, international tribunals, judicial independence, separation of powers

JEL Classification: K33

Suggested Citation

Nollkaemper, Andre, Conversations Among Courts: Domestic and International Adjudicators (May 27, 2013). Karin Alter, Cesare Romano &Yuval Shany (eds), Handbook of International Adjudication (OUP 2013, Forthcoming), Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2013-30, Amsterdam Center for International Law No. 2013-08, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2270565 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2270565

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