La  moralidad interna del derecho internacional

Evan Fox-Decent; Evan J. Criddle

doi:10.26422/RJA.2022.0301.fox

Evan Fox-Decent McGill University
Evan J. Criddle William y Mary Law School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26422/RJA.2022.0301.fox

Keywords: public fiduciary law, international law, legal theory, jurisprudence, Lon Fuller

Abstract

In this essay we build on public fiduciary theory and Lon Fuller’s notion of the internal morality of law. We posit two criteria necessary to establish the internal morality of international law. We argue that the internal morality of international law is derived from the synthesis of a fiduciary criterion of legitimacy and the prohibition of unilateralism. The former refers to the idea that any public action which cannot be reasonably said to be made in the name of, or on behalf of, those subject to it is illegitimate. The latter refers to the prohibition of one state imposing its will on another. We argue that the fiduciary criterion and the prohibition of unilateralism are complementary, and their synthesis provides a compelling explanation of international law’s authority. This is evident from the character and legal effects of jus cogens or peremptory norms. Finally, we address numerous challenges that could be raised against this conception of international law, and its implications for the rule of law in the international realm.

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Evan Fox-Decent, McGill University

Juris Doctor por la Universidad de Toronto, Master of Arts por la University of Manitoba y Ph.D. en Filosofía por la University of Toronto. Es profesor titular en la Facultad de Derecho de la McGill University. Es miembro del Board de la Canadian Philosophical Association.

Evan J. Criddle, William y Mary Law School

Juris Doctor por la Facultad de Derecho de Yale, donde se desempeñó como editor de ensayos del Yale Law Journal y editor de artículos del Yale Journal of International Law. Es profesor Ernest W. Goodrich y profesor de investigación Reveley en la Facultad de Derecho William & Mary. Sus intereses de investigación se centran en el derecho internacional público, la teoría jurídica internacional, el derecho de asilo y refugiados, los derechos humanos, el derecho administrativo y el derecho fiduciario. Es autor o editor de cuatro libros: Fiduciarios de la humanidad: cómo el derecho internacional constituye la autoridad (Oxford University Press, con Evan Fox-Decent), Derechos humanos en emergencias (Cambridge University Press), Gobierno fiduciario (Cambridge University Press) y el Manual de Oxford de Derecho Fiduciario (Oxford University Press, con Robert H. Sitkoff y Paul B. Miller). Su investigación ha recibido el generoso apoyo del Social Science and Humanities Research Council y ha sido citada por los tribunales supremos de Canadá y Estados Unidos. Trabajó para el Honorable J. Clifford Wallace de la Corte de Apelaciones del Noveno Circuito de los Estados Unidos y fue profesor en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Syracuse.

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The Internal Morality of International Law

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