• DOI:10.1017/S0922156502000262
Corpus ID: 146783448

Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties

@article{Koskenniemi2002FragmentationOI,
  title={Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties},
  author={M. Koskenniemi and P. Leino},
  journal={Leiden Journal of International Law},
  year={2002},
  volume={15},
  pages={553 - 579}
}

• M. Koskenniemi, P. Leino
• Published 2002
• Sociology
• Leiden Journal of International Law

Successive ICJ Presidents have expressed concern about the proliferation of international tribunals and substantive fragmentation of international law. This is not a new phenomenon. International law has always lacked a clear normative and institutional hierarchy. The problem is more how new institutions have used international law to further new interests, especially those not predominant in traditional law. The anxiety among ICJ judges should be seen less as a concern for abstract “coherence… Expand