Commentary to Andreas Fischer- Lescano & Gunther Teubner. The Legitimacy of International Law and the Role of the State

Authors

Andreas L. Paulus, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

It will come as a surprise to many readers that Professor Teubner presented their fascinating contribution on regime collision to the Michigan Journal of International Law's Symposium on a panel devoted to "the Role of the State in International Law." Indeed, one could not imagine better devil's advocates than Professor Teubner and Dr. Andreas Fischer-Lescano. They propose a radical break with a concept of international law and order based on the autonomous will of Nation-States. Accordingly, legal regulation does not only, if at all, emanate from Nation-States, but from a panoply of other public and, mostly, private actors. Thus, the authors dismiss all claims of an "orgaizational or dogmatic unity of international law.

Recommended Citation

Andreas L. Paulus, Commentary to Andreas Fischer- Lescano & Gunther Teubner. The Legitimacy of International Law and the Role of the State, 25 Mich. J. Int'l L. 1047 (2004).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol25/iss4/13