Shai Dothan

University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

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Copenhagen, DK-1455

Denmark

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Scholarly Papers (37)

1.

The Three Traditional Approaches to Treaty Interpretation: A Current Application to the European Court of Human Rights

42 Fordham International Law Journal 765 (2019), iCourts Working Paper Series No. 141
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2019
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Treaty Interpretation, European Court of Human Rights, Judicial Deference

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A Guide to Quantitative Legal Research

iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 221
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Dec 2020
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Legal Research, Legal Education, Empirical Studies, Quantitative Methods

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Ex Aequo Et Bono: The Uses of the Road Never Taken

Research Handbook on the International Court of Justice (Achilles Skordas (ed.), Elgar Publishing, (2019), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Dec 2018
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University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts
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International Court of Justice, Dispute Settlement, Screening

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Comparative Views on the Right to Vote in International Law: The Case of Prisoners’ Disenfranchisement

Forthcoming in Comparative International Law (Anthea Roberts et al. eds., Forthcoming Oxford University Press)., iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 64
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 May 2016
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Voting Rights, Prisoners' Disenfranchisement, Emerging Consensus

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Judicial Deference Allows European Consensus to Emerge

Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 18, p. 392, 2018, iCourts Working Paper Series No. 22
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2018
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European Court of Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation, Emerging Consensus, Jury Theorem.

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Judicial Tactics in the European Court of Human Rights

Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 12, No. 1, p. 115, 2011, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 358
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
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ECHR, European Court of Human Rights, Judicial Behavior

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In Defence of Expansive Interpretation in the European Court of Human Rights

3 CAMBRIDGE J. INT'L. & COMP. L. 508 (2014). , GlobalTrust Working Paper Series 01/2014
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
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European Court of Human Rights, Treaty Interpretation

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How International Courts Enhance Their Legitimacy

14 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 455 (2013), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ILF Research Paper No. 04-13
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
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European Court of Human Rights, International Court of Justice, Judicial Behavior, Legitimacy

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Social Networks and the Enforcement of International Law

Edward Elgar Research Handbook on the Sociology of International Law (Andrew Lang & Moshe Hirsch eds., 2017). Forthcoming , iCourts Working Paper Series No. 93
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 May 2017
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Social Network Analysis, Reputation, Non-Governmental Organizations, European Court of Human Rights

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The Motivations of Individual Judges and How They Act as a Group

19 GERMAN LAW JOURNAL (Forthcoming), iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 132, 2018
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Jul 2018
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Judicial Behavior, International Judges, Political Bias

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Deterring War Crimes

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
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International Criminal Court, ICC, Complementarity, Primacy, Deterrence

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Three Paradigms of International Judicial Review

iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 262, Forthcoming in The Most Impeded Branch?: Courts and Judicial Review in Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (eds. Christoph Bezemek & Yaniv Roznai)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
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University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts
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International courts, judicial review, paradigm shift

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Democracy, Populism, and Concentrated Interests

56 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 459 (2023), iCourts Research Paper Series No. 307
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
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Populism, corruption, constitutional law

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A Virtual Wall of Shame: The New Way of Imposing Reputational Sanctions on Defiant States

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Vol 27:141, 2017, iCourts Working Paper Series No. 54
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 03 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
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Reputation, Non-Governmental Organizations, European Court of Human Rights

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As If: Why Legal Scholarship Needs Assumptions

Forthcoming 51 Seton Hall Law Review 645 (2021), iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 194
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2021
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Law and economics, methodology, legal realism

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International Courts Improve Public Deliberation

Michigan Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, iCourts Working Paper Series No. 94
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 May 2017
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International Courts, Judicial Review, Democracy

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The Optimal Use of Comparative Law

Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Feb 2015
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European Court of Human Rights, Emerging Consensus, Jury Theorem

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Three Interpretive Constraints on the European Court of Human Rights

Forthcoming in THE RULE OF LAW AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS: CONTESTATIONS AND DEFERENCE (eds. Machiko Kanetake & André Nollkaemper) (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2015).
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
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Treaty Interpretation, European Court of Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation, Emerging Consensus

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Violating International Law is Contagious

iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 280 (2022), 23 Chicago Journal of International Law 79 (2022)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2023
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International Law Violations, Democratic peace, Game Theory

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מוניטין ואסטרטגיה בבית המשפט העליון על סף המאה ה21
Reputation and Strategy in the Israeli Supreme Court on the Brink of the 21st Century

iCourts Working Paper Series No. 138 Forthcoming in משפט ועסקים
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2019
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Israeli Supreme Court, Judicial Behavior, Reputation

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Social Networks and Nonlegal Sanctions: Compliance with International Courts

Informality and Judicial Institutions: Comparative Perspectives (Björn Dressel, Raul Sanchez Urribarri & Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg eds.), Forthcoming iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 314
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Jan 2023
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Social Network Analysis, Non-Legal Sanctions, Informal International Law

22.

Prosecuting Politicians

Forthcoming in 57 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2024), iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 334, 2023
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Oct 2023
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Impeachment, Political Speech, Democracy

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Standards of Review in International Courts

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations (Kristin Henrard & Michelle Duin eds., Edward Elgar Publishing) forthcoming (2024). 
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jul 2024
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International Courts, Judicial Review, Margin of Appreciation

24.

International Adjudication as Governance

Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro], iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 316, 2023
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jan 2023
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International courts, effectiveness, legitimacy

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The ICC is NOT a Slice of Cheese

Forthcoming, Journal of International Criminal Justice, iCourts Working Paper Series No. 184
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
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International Criminal Court, Deterrence, Complementarity

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A New Model of Reasoning by Analogy

Forthcoming in JUS COGENS (2023), iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 319, 2023
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 28 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2023
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Staging an Intervention for Rogue States

forthcoming 50 N. C. J. Int’l L. (2025), iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 355, 2024
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Oct 2024
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International Court of Justice, erga omnes partes, Genocide Convention

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Facing Up To Internet Giants

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Forthcoming, iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 320, 2023
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Mar 2023
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international courts, internet regulation, interest groups

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Courts and Social Justice

Forthcoming in 58 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2025), iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 345, 2024
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 17 May 2024
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National Courts, Comparative Law, Diffuse Interests

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The Bandwagon of International Law

Forthcoming 60 Tex. Int'l L. J. (2025), iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 354, 2024
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Oct 2024
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International Law, Game Theory, Compliance

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When Immediate Responses Fail

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 51, No. 1075, 2018, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2018-62
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 May 2018 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2022
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game theory, tit-for-tat, proportionality

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Strategic Analysis

Forthcoming in THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL BEHAVIOUR, (Lee Epstein, Gunnar Grendstad, Urška Šadl, & Keren Weinshall eds.) Oxford University Press (2023), iCourts Working Paper Series No. 297
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 Sep 2022
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Judicial Behavior, Judges, Strategic Model

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יתרונם של בתי המשפט הבינלאומיים The Advantage of International Courts

iCourts Working Paper Series No. 99, Forthcoming in מחקרי משפט
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2018
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International Courts, Comparative Law, Emerging Consensus

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fragmentation of international law, international courts, national courts

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From the Temptation to Freeride to the Need for Legitimacy: A Comment on How Constitutional Rights Matter

Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, iCourts Working Paper Series, no. 315, 2023
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Jan 2023
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Constitutional Rights, Interest Groups, Collective Action

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Luring NGO’s to International Courts: A Comment on CLR v. Romania

Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (ZaöRV/HJIL 75 (2015), 635-669). , iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 288 (2022)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 May 2022
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European Court of Human Rights, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Legal Standing

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La Deferencia Judicial Permite Que Emerja El Consenso Europeo (Judicial Deference Allows European Consensus to Emerge)

iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 217, Originally published in English:18 Chicago Journal of International Law 392 (2018). iCourts Working Paper Series, No. 22, 6 November 2017, Forthcoming in Revista Derecho de Estado, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Nº xx, 2022, pp. xx. (en proceso de publicación)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Oct 2020
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Margen De Apreciación, Consenso Emergente, TEDH, Margin of Appreciation, Emerging Consensus, ECHR