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Dr Jochen von Bernstorff is a Senior Fellow of the Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Hidelberg and a Lecturer at the University of Mannheim. From 2003-2007 he worked in the UN Department of the German Foreign Office and was a member of the German delegation at the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in 2004 and 2005 and the UN Human Rights Council in 2006. He was also a member of the German delegation at the UN General Assembly in New York in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
Lecture summary: The presentation focuses on the theoretical and historical foundations of Hans Kelsen's international law theory, which were mainly developed in the period between 1916 and 1950. The contextual interpretation of selected aspects of Kelsen's works portrays these texts as part of a general drive towards politics. The talk will address the question whether Kelsen's works have any relevance for international lawyers today.
Related publications:
Hans Kelsen's international law theory: Believing in universal law, 2001 (in German), translated and revised version forthcoming with Cambridge University Press (2009).
Ethics, Ethos and Morality in International Relations, together with Ingo Venzke, In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law (forthcoming).
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