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*German Law Journal Symposium: The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions / Upcoming 10th Anniversary Berlin Symposium *
German Law Journal Symposium: The Exercise of Public Authority by
International Institutions / Upcoming 10th Anniversary Berlin Symposium
Dear Readers:
We are pleased to announce that the new issue of the German Law Journal.
Review of Developments in German, European & International Jurisprudence,
is now available at www.germanlawjournal.com.
Not so long ago, highly respected public law scholars could claim that the
issues implicated by international or transnational governance - what came
to be termed "Global Administrative Law [GAL]" - were "little studied." We
would think that the publication of the November special issue of the
German Law Journal goes some way to remedy that deficiency. Produced under
the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and
Public International Law in Heidelberg, the special issue bears the title
"The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions." It is an
ambitious treatment of the subject, at 700 printed pages spanning over the
size of two ordinary book manuscripts and including the articulation of a
bold framework for the consideration of the question accompanied by a
breathtaking number of case-studies against which the framework is tested.
The November special issue, contributes to the fast-growing work done –
both affirmatively and critically – by ‘Global Administrative Law Scholars’
in the East and West, the North and South. As the field matures and
differentiates, its hopes and aspirations are being carved out more
clearly. At the same time, the inquiry into GAL is multifaceted and ranges
from assessments that recognize the project as a telling example, say, of
the future of the Rule of Law outside the nation-state, or of world
society’s fragmentation of legal orders, or of the tension between
state-oriented legalization projects on the one hand and ‘global legal
pluralism’ on the other. In the Max Planck Institute’s Symposium, the more
than 25 contributors seek to explain as well as demonstrate the problems
and possibilities of transparency, participation, legitimacy and
accountability that arise in this transnational context, which is marked as
well by an ever-increasing international public authority. We are hopeful
you will agree that the Symposium’s contributions are sure to become
indispensable reading for those concerned with these questions.
In all, the special issue encompasses 700 pages and constitutes, thus, the
largest one-time publication in the history of the German Law Journal. A
publication of this size is necessarily a matter of shared labor. In this
case it is the result of a lengthy and intense trans-Atlantic collaboration
between the MPI and the German Law Journal editorial teams at the
University of Idaho and Washington & Lee University, and we wish to both
congratulate and thank all those who worked diligently and with great
enthusiasm on this major project for many months.
Finally, please allow us to draw your attention to two more items. First,
there is the forthcoming December Issue, which will feature a number of
contributions dedicated to the late Professor David Currie, recognizing his
important contribution to American understanding of and engagement with
German constitutional law. This effort as much as this month’s marks the
longstanding efforts of the GLJ’s transnational editorial teams, working
from several countries to foster a vital debate over pressing legal issues.
It is with great excitement that the Editorial board recognizes the
invaluable contributions made by the student editors in Canada and the
U.S., which give powerful testimony of the importance of border-crossing
scholarly engagement and reflection. This brings us to the second item in
our editorial remarks this month: As the Journal is about to turn “10” next
year, starting volume 10 in January 2010, we harbor the greatest hopes to
be able to garner sufficient support from our readers to organize an
Academic Symposium in Berlin next summer, featuring – in best GLJ tradition
– highly reputed along with emerging, promising scholars’ speeches, papers
and a number of visits to landmark institutions in the city and beyond,
inviting in particular our student editor teams, for whom the work on the
German Law Journal has been an outstanding commitment to something somewhat
out of the ordinary. An opportunity to bring the U.S. and Canada based
student editors on a study and International German Law Journal Symposium
tour to Germany would be a most appropriate recognition of their wonderful
work over the years, work that takes courage, commitment and something
‘extra’, considering that the outstanding students on the GLJ could just as
well have joined their institutions’ ‘home’ law reviews, if only to avoid
every job interviewer’s question: “So, explain me, how did you get to
become a student editor at the German Law Journal?”. We applaud our student
editors for their curious minds, untiring commitment and excellent work!
Our readers, we commend you, too, for your interest, support and feedback!
As always: Happy Reading!
Sincerely
Russell Miller & Peer Zumbansen
Editors in Chief, German Law Journal
The Editors
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