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Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: Comments

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Legitimacy in International Law

Part of the book series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht ((BEITRÄGE,volume 194))

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Professor Tullio Treves1 in his excellent paper speaks of two different approaches to the issue of legitimacy. As we have heard in presentations of various speakers at this symposium and as we will see further in my comments, there are even more quite legitimate ways of approaching legitimacy.

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    Rein Müllerson

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Müllerson, R. (2008). Aspects of Legitimacy of Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: Comments. In: Wolfrum, R., Röben, V. (eds) Legitimacy in International Law. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 194. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77764-9_10

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