Research
Overview
Research on behavioural approaches to international law is developing rapidly. On this page, you will find a selection of the literature, classified according to research topic and method. In addition, all relevant references are classified by year of publication below.
2022
- van Aaken, A., The Individual in (International) Law and Economics. In: Anne Peters/Tom Sparks (eds.), The Individual in International Law. History and Theory, forthcoming 2022.
- van Aaken, A., Rationalist and Behavioralist Approaches to International Law. In: Jeff Dunoff and Mark Pollack (eds.), International Legal Theory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 261-281.
- van der Zee, E., ‘Sustainability Labels in the Shadow of the Law’, Springer, Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation, forthcoming.
- van der Zee, E., How Insights on Bounded Rationality Could Inform the International Law of Environmental Assessments, German Law Journal, forthcoming.
- van der Zee, E., Fikfak, V., and Peat, D., Bias in International Law, German Law Journal, forthcoming.
- Veronika Fikfak. 'Against Settlement in the European Court of Human Rights'. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2022.
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3847608 - Veronika Fikfak. 'Compliance and Compensation: Money as a currency of human rights.' in Rachel Murray and Debra Long, Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights Law. (Edward Elgar, 2022)
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3916853 - Peat, D., Perception and Process: Towards a Behavioural Theory of Compliance’, (2022) Journal of International Dispute Settlement (forthcoming).
Link: https://academic.oup.com/jids/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jnlids/idab030/6439208?login=true
2021
- van Aaken, A. and Broude, T., Behavioural Approaches to International Adjudication. In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Procedural International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021).
Link: https://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law-mpeipro/e3542.013.3542/law-mpeipro-e3542 - van Aaken, A. and Broude, T., International Pandemic Lawmaking: Some Perspectives from Behavioural Economics, in: Alicia Ely Yamin, Joelle Grogan and Pedro Villarreal (eds.), International Pandemic Lawmaking: Conceptual and Practical Issues Report (Petrie-Flom Center and Max Planck Institute, November 2021).
Link: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/resources/article/internationalpandemic-lawmaking - Peat, D., Fikfak, V., and van der Zee, E., 'Behavioural Compliance Theory.' Journal of International Dispute Settlement 2021.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlids/idab033 - Peat, D., The Tyranny of Choice and the Interpretation of Standards: Why the European Court of Human Rights Uses Consensus’, (2021) 53[2] N.Y.U. Journal of International Law & Politics 381-432.
Link: https://www.nyujilp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/NYI202.pdf - van Aaken, A. and Elm, J. P., Framing in and through International Law. In: Andrea Bianchi/Moshe Hirsch (eds.), International law’s invisible frames – Social cognition and knowledge production in international legal processes’ (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021) pp. 35-54.
Link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/international-laws-invisible-frames-9780192847539?cc=us&lang=en - Shiri Krebs, ‘The Invisible Frames Affecting Wartime Investigations: Legal Epistemology, Metaphors, and Cognitive Biases’ in International Law’s Invisible Frames (Andrea Bianchi and Moshe Hirsch, eds., Oxford University Press, 2021).
- Shiri Krebs, ‘Predictive Technologies and Opaque Epistemology in Counter-Terrorism Decision-Making’ in 9/11 and the Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law (Kim Lane Scheppele and Arianna Vedaschi, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2021), 199-221.
Link: https://bit.ly/3fqgtL6 - Shiri Krebs, ‘Experimental Data on the Efficacy of International Fact-Finding’, in Research Methods In International Law: A Handbook (Rossana Deplano and Nicholas Tsagourias eds., Elgar Publishing, 2021), 245-266.
Link: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781788972352/9781788972352.00024.xml - Shiri Krebs, ‘All Is Fair in Law and War? Legal Cynicism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’ in Cynical International Law? Abuse and Circumvention in Public International and European Law (B. Baade et al, eds., Springer Press, 2020), 235-259.
Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-62128-8_14 - Broude, T., “Prosociality, International Law and Humanitarian Intervention”, in International Law’s Invisible Frames – Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes (Andrea Bianchi & Moshe Hirsch eds., OUP, 2021).
Link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/international-laws-invisible-frames-9780192847539?cc=us&lang=en - van Aaken, A. and Simsek, B., Rewarding in International Law, 115 American Journal of International Law, Issue 2 (2021), pp. 195-241.
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/rewarding-in-international-law/C0869441AAD92ED773E762F98AF46C8E
(115 AJIL Unbound 207 et seqq, June 2021 on the article, edited and with an introduction by Jeffrey Dunoff with contributions of Kal Raustiala & Andrew Guzman, Cosette Creamer, Siobhan McInerney-Lankford, Rachel Brewster, and Ian Johnstone: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/rewarding-in-international-law/C0869441AAD92ED773E762F98AF46C8E#related-commentaries) - van Aaken, A., The Cognitive Psychology of Rules of Interpretation in International Law, 115 American Journal of International Law Unbound (2021), pp. 258–262.: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/cognitive-psychology-of-rules-of-interpretation-in-international-law/07C298A6A5E1D7864F4A10EC4F09CAFE
- van Aaken, A. and Stradner, I., Economic Analysis of International Law. In: Rossana Deplano and Nicholas Tsagourias (eds.), Research Methods in International Law: A Handbook (Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2021), pp. 367-385.
Link: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-methods-in-international-law-9781788972352.html
2020
- van Aaken, A., The Concept of Law Revisited: A Psychological Approach to Legal Theory. In: Christoph Bezemek, Michael Potacs, Alexander Somek (eds.), Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 2, (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2020), pp. 185-205.
Link: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/vienna-lectures-on-legal-philosophy-volume-2-normativism-and-anti-normativism-in-law/title-pages?from=search - Broude T. and Henckels, C., “Not all Rights are Created Equal: A Loss-Gain Frame of Investor Rights and Human Rights”, Leiden Journal of International Law (2020).
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/leiden-journal-of-international-law/article/not-all-rights-are-created-equal-a-lossgain-frame-of-investor-rights-and-human-rights/563E148C31DD1767C415AE66DD45FF08 - van Aaken, A. and Broude, T., Arbitration from a Law and Economics Perspective. In: Thomas Schultz and Frederico Ortino (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2020), pp. 874-894.
Link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-international-arbitration-9780198796190?cc=us&lang=en& - Shiri Krebs, ‘Law Wars: How Legal Labels Shape Beliefs About Wartime Controversies’ (2020) 11(1) Harvard National Security Journal 106.
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3516347 - van der Zee, E., Quantifying Benefits of Sustainability Agreements Under Article 101 TFEU, World Competition Law and Economic Review, (43)2020-2.
Link: https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/World+Competition/43.2/WOCO2020010 - Veronika Fikfak. 'Non-pecuniary damages before the European Court of Human Rights: Forget the victim; it’s all about the state.' (2020) Vol 33. Leiden Journal of International Law, 1-34
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/leiden-journal-of-international-law/article/nonpecuniary-damages-before-the-european-court-of-human-rights-forget-the-victim-its-all-about-the-state/911053A46DF3EFAE79F76C67E4ED2877#article
2019
- van Aaken, A. and Broude, T (eds.), The Psychology of International Law, Special Issue, 30(4) European Journal of International Law (2019).
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/search-results?f_TocHeadingTitle=Symposium%3a+The+Psychology+of+International+Law - van Aaken, A., Experimental Insights for International Legal Theory. In: 30(4) European Journal of International Law (2019), pp. 1237–1262.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article-abstract/30/4/1237/5822840?redirectedFrom=fulltext - van Aaken, A. and Kurtz, J., Beyond Rational Choice: International Trade Law and the Behavioral Political Economy of Protectionism. In: 22 (4) Journal of International Economic Law (2019), pp. 601–628.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/jiel/article-abstract/22/4/601/5695631 - van Aaken, A. and Vasel, J.J., Demultilateralization: A Cognitive Psychological Perspective. In: The Postnational Constellation Revisited, 25 European Law Journal, Special Issue Celebrating Jürgen Habermas’ 90th Birthday (edited by Alexander Somek), 2019, pp. 487-493.
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eulj.12337 - van Aaken, A., Constitutional Limits to Regulation-by-Nudging. In: Holger Strassheim, Silke Beck (eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Change and Public Policy, (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy Series), (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019), pp. 304-318.
Link: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-behavioural-change-and-public-policy-9781785367847.html#:~:text=Name-,Behavioural%20change%20has%20become%20a%20core%20issue%20of%20public%20policy,in%20terms%20of%20public%20policy. - van Aaken, A., Die Befolgung des Völkerrechts zwischen Realismus, Konstruktivismus und Verhaltensökonomik. In: Patrick Hilbert/Jochen Rauber (eds.), Warum befolgen wir Recht? Rechtsverbindlichkeit und Rechtsbefolgung in interdisziplinärer Perspektive (Tübingen, Siebeck/Mohr, 2019), pp. 135-160.
Link: https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/warum-befolgen-wir-recht-9783161566363?no_cache=1 - van Aaken, A. and Steinbach A., Ökonomische Analyse des Völker- und Europarechts (Tübingen: Siebeck/Mohr), 2019
Link: https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/oekonomische-analyse-des-voelker-und-europarechts-9783161542626?no_cache=1 - Broude T. and Levy, I., “Outcome Bias and Expertise in Investigations under International Humanitarian Law”, European Journal of International Law (2019).
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article-abstract/30/4/1303/5822834 - Thompson, A., Broude, T. and Haftel Y.Z., “Once Bitten, Twice Shy? How Disputes Affect Regulatory Space in Investment Agreements”, 73(4) International Organization 859-880 (2019).
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/abs/once-bitten-twice-shy-investment-disputes-state-sovereignty-and-change-in-treaty-design/B318D016F7C9F520C5BBF2CADF7E5A63 - de Vries, J.R.; van der Zee, E.; Beunen, R.; Kat, R.; Feindt, P.H., Trusting the People and the System. The Interrelation Between Interpersonal and Institutional Trust in Collective Action for Agri-Environmental Management. Sustainability 2019, 11, 7022.
Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11247022 - Shiri Krebs, ‘Bounded Factuality: The Targeted Killing of Salah Shehadeh and the Legal Epistemology of Risk’ in Security and Human Rights (Liora Lazarus and Benjamin Gould eds., Hart Publishing, 2019).
Link: https://bit.ly/3rCmWZd
2018
- Shiri Krebs, ‘Designing International Fact-Finding: Facts, Alternative Facts, and National Identities’ (2018) 41 Fordham International Law Journal 337.
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3122831 - van der Zee, E. , 'Disciplining Private Standards Under the SPS and TBT Agreement: A Plea for Market-State Procedural Guidelines', (2018), 52, Journal of World Trade, Issue 3, pp. 393-414.
Link: https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Journal+of+World+Trade/52.3/TRAD2018018 - van Aaken, A., Behavioral Aspects of the International Law of Global Public Goods and Common Pool Resources. In: 112 (1) American Journal of International Law (2018) pp. 67-79.
Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/abs/behavioral-aspects-of-the-international-law-of-global-public-goods-and-common-pool-resources/3CAC8110079E9CD914C504D71722AE2A#article - van Aaken, A. and Pinto de Albuquerque, P., Punitive Damages in Strassbourg. In: Anne van Aaken and Iulia Motoc (eds.), The ECHR and General International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), pp. 230-250.
Link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-european-convention-on-human-rights-and-general-international-law-9780198830009?cc=us&lang=en& - Fischer, A., van der Zee, E., 'Green Pictograms on EU Foods: A Legal Study Informed by Behavioural Science', (2018), 7, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law, Issue 1, pp. 15-22.
Link: https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Journal+of+European+Consumer+and+Market+Law/7.1/EuCML2018003 - Veronika Fikfak. ‘Changing State Behaviour: Damages before the European Court of Human Rights’. (2018) 29/4 European Journal of International Law, pages 1091-1125.
Link: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/29/4/1091/5320178
2017
- van Aaken, A., Franck, D. S., Freda, J., Rachlinski, J. J., and Guthrie, C., Inside the Arbitrator’s Mind. In: 66 Emory Law Journal (2017), pp. 1115-1173.
Link: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/1497/ - van Aaken, A., Constitutional Limits to Nudging: A Proportionality Assessment. In: Alexandra Kemmerer, Christoph Möllers, Maximilian Steinbeis, Gerhard Wagner (eds.), Choice Architecture in Democracies: Exploring the Legitimacy of Nudging (Oxford/Baden-Baden: Hart and Nomos, 2017), pp. 199-235.
Link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/choice-architecture-in-democracies-9781509913756/ - Shiri Krebs, ‘The Legalization of Truth in International Fact-Finding’ (2017) 18(1) Chicago Journal of International Law 83.
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3122831 - Shiri Krebs, ‘Reducing Uncertainty in Targeted Killing Decision-Making’ (2017) 44(3) Florida State University Law Review 943.
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3021458
2016
- van Aaken, A. and Broude, T., Behavioral Economics and International Law. In: Eugene Kontorovich and Francesco Parisi (eds.), Economic Analysis of International Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2016), pp. 249-276.
Link: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/economic-analysis-of-international-law-9780857930156.html - Broude, T. and Moses, S., “The Behavioral Dynamics of Positive and Negative Listing in Services Liberalization”, in Martin Roy and Pierre Sauvé (eds.), Research Handbook on Trade in Services 385-411 (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2016).
Link: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781783478057/9781783478057.00023.xml - van Aaken, A., Towards a Psychological Concept of Law. In: Stephan Kirste and Michael Anderheiden (eds.), Interdisziplinarität der Rechtswissenschaften (Berlin: Duncker&Humblot, 2016), pp. 187-204.
Link: https://www.duncker-humblot.de/_files_media/leseproben/9783428548231.pdf - van Aaken, A. and Antonovic, J. (eds.), Too Big to Handle? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Question of Why Societies Ignore Looming Disasters, 7 Global Policy, 2016. Special Supplement 1, May 2016, pp. 1-118.
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gpol.2016.7.issue-S1/issuetoc - van Aaken, A., Is International Law Conducive to Prevent Looming Disasters? In: Anne van Aaken/Janis Antonovic (eds.), Too Big to Handle? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Question of Why Societies Ignore Looming Disasters, 7 Global Policy, 2016. Special Supplement 1, May 2016, pp. 1-118
Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gpol.2016.7.issue-S1/issuetoc - van der Zee, E., Legal Limits on Food Labelling Law: Comparative Analysis of the EU and the USA, European Business Law Review (27)2016-3.
Link: https://kluwerlawonline.com/Journals/European+Business+Law+Review/383
2015
- Broude, T., “Behavioral International Law”, 163 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1099-1157 (2015).
Link: https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9476&context=penn_law_review - van Aaken, A., Judge the Nudge: In Search of the Legal Limits of Paternalistic Nudging in the EU. In: Alberto Alemanno and Anne Lise Sibony (eds.), Nudge and the Law. A European Perspective (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2015), pp. 83-112.
Link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/nudge-and-the-law-9781849467322/
2014
- van Aaken, A., Behavioral International Law and Economics. In: 55 Harvard International Law Journal (2014), pp. 421-481. Link: https://harvardilj.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/552vanAaken.pdf
- Shiri Krebs, ‘The Secret Keepers: Judges, Security Detentions, and Secret Evidence’ in Reasoning Rights: Comparative Judicial Engagement 197 (Liora Lazarus, Christopher McCrudden and Nigel Bowles eds., Hart Publishing, 2014).
Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2818087