Geir Ulfstein

Faculty of Law, University of Oslo

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PO Box 6706 St Olavsplass

Oslo, 0130

Norway

Pluricourts

Norway

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1.

The European Court of Human Rights as a Constitutional Court?

Festschrift to the 40th Year Anniversary of the Universität der Bundeswehr, Munich: 'To Live in World Society – To Govern in the World State', Forthcoming, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 14-08
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Apr 2014
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Constitutionalism, Constitutionalization, Margin of Appreciation, Pluralism

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The Legality of the NATO Bombing in Libya

International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 159-171, 2013, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2013-07, MultiRights Research Paper No. 13-01
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2013
Geir Ulfstein and Hege Christiansen
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and Independent
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International Human Rights and the Challenge of Legitimacy

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International Human Rights and the Challenge of Legitimacy

The legitimacy of international human rights regimes: Legal, political and philosophical perspectives, edited by Andreas Føllesdal, Johan Karlsson Schaffer and Geir Ulfstein, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, pages 1-31., PluriCourts Research Paper No. 14-09, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2014-10
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 May 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein
Göteborg University - School of Global Studies, Pluricourts and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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human rights, legitimacy, international courts, authority

International Human Rights and the Challenge of Legitimacy

In: The legitimacy of international human rights regimes: Legal, political and philosophical perspectives, edited by Andreas Føllesdal, Johan Karlsson Schaffer and Geir Ulfstein. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (2013), pp. 1-31.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2014
Johan Karlsson Schaffer, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein
Göteborg University - School of Global Studies, Pluricourts and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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human rights, legitimacy, international courts, authority

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Legitimacy and International Courts - A Framework

Legitimacy and International Courts (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming) , University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-10, Dean Rusk International Center Research Paper No. 2017-04, PluriCourts Research Paper No.17-03
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2018
Harlan Grant Cohen, Andreas Follesdal, Nienke Grossman and Geir Ulfstein
University of Georgia School of Law, Pluricourts, University of Baltimore - School of Law and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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international law, international courts, international tribunals, International Court of Justice, World Trade Organization, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, European Court of Human Rights

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The Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Legitimacy Challenges

Chapter in the book Legitimacy and International Courts (Nienke Grossman, Harlan Grant Cohen, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein, eds., CUP Forthcoming), PluriCourts Research Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2016
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Human rights, United Nations, Treaty bodies

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International Courts and Judges: Independence, Interaction, and Legitimacy

NYU Journal of International Law and Politics (2014), PluriCourts Research Paper No. 14-13, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2014-14
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 May 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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international courts, judicialization, fragmentation, constitutionalization, legitimacy, effectiveness

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Interpretation of the ECHR in the Light of Other International Instruments

Conference on ‘The European Convention on Human Rights and General International Law’, Strasbourg 5 June 2015, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 15-05
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Jun 2015
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Do We Need a World Court of Human Rights?

LAW AT WAR - THE LAW AS IT WAS AND THE LAW AS IT SHOULD BE, Ch. 19, pp. 261-272, Ola Engdahl, Pål Wrange, eds., Liber Amicorum Ove Bring, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Maritime Delimitation in the Arctic: The Barents Sea Treaty

Ocean Development & International Law, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 1-21
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Oct 2012
Geir Ulfstein and Tore Henriksen
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Barents Sea, delimitation, Norway, Russia

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Treaty Bodies and Regimes

OXFORD GUIDE TO TREATIES, Duncan B. Hollis, ed., 2012
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Sep 2012
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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The European Court of Human Rights and the Norwegian Supreme Court – Independence and Democratic Control

The Independence of Judges. N. A. Engstad, A. L. Frøseth and B. Tønder, eds, Eleven, Forthcoming, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 13-03, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2013-33
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2014
Geir Ulfstein and Andreas Follesdal
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and Pluricourts
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The Disputed Maritime Zones around Svalbard

CHANGES IN THE ARTIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAW OF THE SEA, Panel IX, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Robin Churchill and Geir Ulfstein
Cardiff University - Cardiff Law School and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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The Relationship between Constitutionalism and Pluralism

Göttingen Journal of International Law, Vol. 4 No. 2
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 17 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2012
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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International Courts and Tribunals and the Rule of Law in Asia

Chapter in: Global Constitutionalism from European and East Asian Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 May 2017
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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International courts, Judicialization, Rule of Law, Constitutionalization, Asia

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Westphalia Waning? The Uneven Acceptance of International Courts

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 May 2017
Øyvind Stiansen, Oyvind Osterud, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein
Pluricourts, Pluricourts, Pluricourts and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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International Courts, Legitimacy, ICJ, ICC, WTO, ITLOS

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The International Human Rights Judiciary and National Parliaments: Introduction

M. Saul, A. Follesdal, G. Ulfstein (eds.) The International Human Rights Judiciary and National Parliaments: Europe and Beyond (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Oct 2017
Matthew Saul, Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein
Pluricourts, Pluricourts and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, National Parliaments, Interaction

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The Kyoto Compliance System: Towards Hard Enforcement

IMPLEMENTING THE CLIMATE REGIME: INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE, Ch. 2, pp. 39-62, Olav Schram Stokke, Jon Hovi, Geir Ulfstein, eds., Earthscan/James and James, 2005
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein and Jacob Werksman
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Kyoto, compliance

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A Transnational Separation of Powers?

Saul, Matt, Andreas Føllesdal & Geir Ulfstein (2017): The International Human Rights Judiciary and National Parliaments: Opportunities and Challenges. Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 17-06
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Jun 2017
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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ECtHR, human rights

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Den Europeiske Menneskerettighetsdomstolen Og Høyesterett - Uavhengighet Og Demokratisk Kontroll (The European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court - Independence and Democratic Control)

Originally published as: DOMMERNES UAVHENGIGHET, pp. 443-461, Nils Asbjørn Engstad, Astrid Lærdal Frøseth, Bård Tønder, eds., Bergen: Fagbokforlaget, 2012, MultiRights Research Paper No. 12-02
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 May 2012 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2015
Geir Ulfstein and Andreas Follesdal
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and Pluricourts
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multi rights

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Rethinking the Legal Form and Principles of a New Climate Agreement

T. L. Cherry, J. Hovi, and D. McEvoy (eds.) ‘Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution and Governance’ (Routledge) 2014, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 15-12, University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2015-21
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2015
Geir Ulfstein and Christina Voigt
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and University of Oslo
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legal form, Paris agreement, differentiation, equiry, legally-binding elements

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Reflections on Institutional Design – Especially Treaty Bodies

RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, Jan Klabbers, ed., Edward Elgar, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Certiorari Through the Backdoor? - The Judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in Burmych and Others v. Ukraine in Perspective

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Certiorari Through the Backdoor? - The Judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in Burmych and Others v. Ukraine in Perspective

KFG Working Paper Series, No. 13, Berlin Potsdam Research Group “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?”, PluriCourts Research Paper No. 18-01
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 May 2018
Geir Ulfstein and Andreas J Zimmermann
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and University of Potsdam
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Certiorari Through the Backdoor? – The Judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in Burmych and Others v. Ukraine in Perspective

Forthcoming in The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals vol 17 no 2
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jun 2018
Geir Ulfstein and Andreas J Zimmermann
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and University of Potsdam
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European Court of Human Rights

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International Courts and Tribunals: Rise and Reactions

Introduction to The Judicialization of International Law - a Mixed Blessing? to appear, Oxford University Press 2017
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 May 2017 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2017
Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein
Pluricourts and Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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international courts, legitimacy, PluriCourts

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International Framework for Environmental Decision-Making

RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, pp. 26-47, Edward Elgar Publishing, Kapitel, 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Indigenous Peoples' Right to Land

MAX PLANCK YEARBOOK OF UNITED NATIONS LAW 2004, Vol. 8, Armin von Bogdandy, Rüdiger Wolfrum, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Treaty Bodies

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, Ch. 38, pp. 887-889, Oxford University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Terrorism and the Use of Force

Security Dialogue, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 153-168, June 2003
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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Counter-Terrorism Measures: The Need for National and International Review

Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 2, pp. 205- 212, 2007
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2011
Geir Ulfstein
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
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UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Law and Legitimacy (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012)
Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2015
Geir Ulfstein and Helen Keller
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and European Court of Human Rights

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