Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law

‘Formally, states, and states alone, make and authoritatively interpret international humanitarian law. But this legalistic maxim hardly reflects the actual process by which IHL emerges and evolves. Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law brings together general international law and humanitarian law experts to tease loose key aspects of this dynamic and assess their legitimacy. The first work to examine the foundational issue of IHL development critically and comprehensively, it is a must read for IHL scholars and practitioners.’ – Michael Schmitt, United States Military Academy at West Point, US and University of Reading School of Law, UK
‘This volume explores the interplay of law and legitimacy in relation to the law of armed conflict and includes contributions by a collection of noted scholars. It focuses on the role that various actors play in the process of developing, questioning and affirming international humanitarian law. It does so in an innovative and thought-provoking way and will doubtless be of interest to both the legal theorist and the IHL specialist.’ – Terry Gill, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Edited by Heike Krieger, Professor of Public and International Law, Freie Universität Berlin, Chair Berlin Potsdam Research Group ‘The International Rule of Law- Rise or Decline?’, Germany

with Assistant Editor Jonas Püschmann, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany

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