STATES are free, yet everywhere live under international courts. Sovereign states are no
longer in a state of nature without arbitrators among them on matters ranging from territorial …

This book explores to what extent a state owes human rights obligations to individuals
outside of its territory, when the conduct of that state impacts upon the lives of those …

“Shed [s] light on the romantic, psychosexual and psychosocial, and economic
entanglements that tie German tourists to their Kenyan hosts.”—Daily Nation Diani, a coastal …

In this article, I argue for adopting a specific conception of human dignity centered around
the argument that human dignity flows from an individual's capacity for self-authorship as …

Inclusive trade is taking hold in various forms in international organizations and in the trade
policy of national governments. Absent empirical evidence that will take time to generate, it …

Legal and political thinkers have always battled with the question of justice and, especially
within a society, about the fair and just distribution of rights and responsibilities. This …

In recent years, there has been an explosion of writing on the topic of human dignity across
a plethora of different academic disciplines. Despite this explosion of interest, there is one …

There is a fundamental disconnect between the public discourse about sovereign and
external debt in comparison to private domestic debt. The latter is predominantly viewed …

Existing theories of WTO law cannot adequately explain the form or content of the GATT
exceptions, in particular Article XX (a) Public Morals. Nor, in consequence, can they …

Petersmann's works focus on the normative and fundamental issues of international
economic law (IEL) with such nonvarying analytical tools as the concepts of human rights …