Inger Österdahl
Professor at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 26 53
- E-mail:
- Inger.Osterdahl@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Munken 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
SE-75309 Uppsala
Sweden - Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA
Biography
Born 1960
LL.D. (1992)
B.A. (1992)
Professor in public international law
Internal appointments
External and International Assignments
Member of the Swedish Foreign Policy Association.
Member of the editorial board of the Nordic Journal of International Law.
Member of the board of the International Law Association (ILA) - Swedish Branch.
Member of The Delegation for International Law and Disarmament
Member of the Subject Council in law with a particular emphasis on public international law, Swedish Defence University
Member of the board of the Special Research Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Research and Teaching Interest
Public international law, constitutional EU law, human rights, Swedish constitutional law, the borderland between international and national law and politics, international organizations, freedom of information and the Internet.

Publications
Recent publications
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A New UN: The Regrettable Irrelevance of the Security Council
Part of Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International Law, p. 473-486, Springer Nature, 2026
- DOI for A New UN: The Regrettable Irrelevance of the Security Council
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Nato och den svenska konstitutionen
Part of Sverige i Nato, p. 109-133, Dialogos Förlag, 2025
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The Regulation of the Internet
Brill Nijhoff, 2025
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The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974-2024, p. 321-358, Iustus förlag, 2024
- DOI for The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
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Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Försvarsklausulen i EU-fördraget: I ljuset av Sveriges ansökan om Natomedlemskap
Part of Europapolitisk analys, 2023
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Expanding Universe: Grotian Moments in the Practice of the UN Security Council
Part of Grotiana, p. 25-54, 2022
- DOI for Expanding Universe: Grotian Moments in the Practice of the UN Security Council
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 973-992, 2022
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 319-338, 2022
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Krig eller fred: Om regeringsformens definition av krig
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, svjt.se, p. 261-276, 2021
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 127-160, 2021
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Deployment of armed forces: Swedish constitutional considerations
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 94-116, 2020
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Folkrättsbrott i svenska domstolar: En våldsam utveckling
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 170-192, 2020
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The Gentle Legitimiser of the Action of Others
Part of Heidelberg Journal of International Law, p. 699-701, 2019
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Part of Heidelberg Journal of International Law - Zeitschrift für Ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, p. 23-25, 2017
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Between 250 Years of Free Information and 20 Years of EU and Internet
Part of Etikk i praksis, p. 27-44, 2016
- DOI for Between 250 Years of Free Information and 20 Years of EU and Internet
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Offentlighetsprincipen och den svenska tryck- och yttrandefrihetsmodellen: En ytterligare kommentar
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 503-518, 2016
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Offentlighetsprincipen och det internationella samarbetet
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 239-257, 2015
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 459-486, 2013
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Just war, just peace and the jus post bellum
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 271-294, 2012
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 25-93, 2011
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The Use of Force: Sweden, the Jus ad Bellum and the European Security and Defence Policy
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 141-188, 2010
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What will jus post bellum mean: Of new wine and old bottles
Part of Journal of Conflict and Security Law, p. 1-33, 2009
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The Neutral Ally: The European Security and Defence Policy and the Swedish Constitution
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 95-132, 2009
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Vilka konsekvenser får internationaliseringen av det svenska försvaret?
Part of Tvärsnitt, p. 27-30, 2009
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Dangerous liaison: The disappearing dichotomy between jus ad bellum and in bello
Part of Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 553-566, 2009
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 654-668, 2009
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Har HD hittat en hetsdoktrin? (Has the Supreme Court found a hate speech doctrine?)
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 706-722, 2008
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Normprövning ur ett EKMR-perspektiv
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 882-896, 2007
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Part of Nordic Journal of Human Rights, p. 259-281, 2007
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FN, EU, sanktioner och mänskliga rättigheter - domen i EU:s Förstainstansrätt
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 345-378, 2006
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Åke Green och missaktande men inte hatiskt tal
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 213-226, 2006
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The Exception as the Rule: Lawmaking on Force and Human Rights by the UN Security Council
Part of Journal of Conflict & Security Law, p. 1-20, 2005
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 231-260, 2005
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 247-263, 2004
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Relatively Failed. Troubled Statehood and International Law.
Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law (FYIL), p. 49-87, 2003
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 894-916, 2002
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 341-372, 2001
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, SvJT: (Swedish Law Review), p. 61-74, 2000
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Juridik och politik i EU - en forskningsagenda
Part of Europarättslig Tidskrift, p. 235-255, 1999
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Part of Common Market Law Review, p. 1059-1077, 1999
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Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law (FYIL), p. 103-140, 1999
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Part of Review of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, p. 132-150, 1998
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Openness v. Secrecy: Public Access to Documents in Sweden and the European Union
Part of European Law Review, p. 336-356, 1998
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Part of Nordic Journal of International Law (NJIL), p. 241-271, 1997
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Bananas and Treaty-Making Powers. Current Issues in the External Trade Law of the European Union
Part of Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, p. 473-532, 1997
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 616-631, 1994
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Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, p. 661-722, 1994
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 134-169, 1993
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Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 820-828, 1991
Books
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The Regulation of the Internet
Brill Nijhoff, 2025
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Iustus, Uppsala, 2002
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Threat to the Peace. The Interpretation by the Security Council of Article 39 of the UN Charter
Iustus, Uppsala, 1998
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La France dans l'Afrique de l'après-guerre froide: Interventions et justifications
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997
Chapters in book
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A New UN: The Regrettable Irrelevance of the Security Council
Part of Reconstructing Power and Hegemony in Public International Law, p. 473-486, Springer Nature, 2026
- DOI for A New UN: The Regrettable Irrelevance of the Security Council
- Download full text (pdf) of A New UN: The Regrettable Irrelevance of the Security Council
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Nato och den svenska konstitutionen
Part of Sverige i Nato, p. 109-133, Dialogos Förlag, 2025
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The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
Part of Regeringsformen 50 år 1974-2024, p. 321-358, Iustus förlag, 2024
- DOI for The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
- Download full text (pdf) of The Instrument of Government and NATO membership
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Agenda 2030 as a source of law: Different shades of soft
Part of Hållbarhet i rättsligt perspektiv, p. 355-384, Iustus förlag, 2023
- DOI for Agenda 2030 as a source of law: Different shades of soft
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Part of Law, AI and Digitalisation, p. 179-203, Iustus förlag, 2022
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Part of Due Diligence in the International Legal Order, p. 234-251, Oxford University Press, 2020
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Informationsfriheten enligt Europakonventionen
Part of Ord och rätt, p. 715-722, eddy.se, 2020
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Article 7 TEU and the Rule of Law Mechanism: A dissuasive weapon or a paper tiger?
Part of The Authority of EU Law, p. 241-260, Springer, 2019
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Folkrättsbrott i svenska domstolar: En våldsam utveckling
Part of Vänbok till Lena Holmqvist, p. 357-381, Iustus förlag, 2019
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After Lisbon: The New Legal Framework for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
Part of European Union, p. 42-63, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
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Introducing 250 years of transparency
Part of Transparency in the future, p. 9-17, Ragulka förlag, 2017
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Part of Transparency in the Future, p. 109-135, Ragulka, 2017
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Transparency as Part of a European Rule of Law
Part of Strengthening the Rule of Law in Europe, p. 61-79, Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016
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Den nya rättsliga ramen för EU:s utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik efter Lissabon
Part of EU och de nya säkerhetshoten, p. 57-83, Santérus Förlag, 2016
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Swedish use of force and the international legal framework: The legacy of Afghanistan
Part of The Swedish Presence in Afghanistan, p. 55-77, Routledge, 2016
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Part of Information and Law in transition, p. 12-19, Liber förlag, 2015
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Transparency versus secrecy in an international context: A Swedish dilemma
Part of Information and Law in Transition, Liber, 2015
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Swedish Access to Documents in a European Context
Part of Transparency in the Open Government Era, p. 55-72, IMODEV - L'Institut du Monde et du Développement pour la Bonne Gouvernance Publique, 2015
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Part of International Law-making, p. 121-135, Routledge, 2014
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Part of International law-making, p. 121-135, Routledge, 2014
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Regeringsformen och det internationaliserade svenska försvaret
Part of Regeringsformen 40 år 1974-2014, p. 225-239, Iustus förlag, 2014
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Human rights before security in Kadi and beyond
Part of International law and changing perceptions of security, p. 327-345, Brill Academic Publishers, 2014
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Collective Security in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
Part of Regional Organizations and Peacemaking, p. 54-71, Routledge, 2014
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The gentle modernizer of the law of armed conflict?
Part of Jus Post Bellum, p. 207-228, Oxford University Press, 2014
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Kreativt kaos?: Den svenska rätten möter internationell rätt
Part of Allmänt och enskilt - offentlig rätt i omvandling, p. 469-485, Iustus förlag, 2013
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Justice Post Bellum and International Law
Part of Rethinking Peacebuilding, Routledge, 2012
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International organizations - institutions and organs
Part of Research handbook on the law of international organisations, p. 156-189, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
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International Countermeasures against Human Trafficking
Part of Human Trafficking and Human Security, p. 67-92, Routledge, 2009
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Part of Law at War, p. 293-313, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008
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Ett rättfärdigt krig är ett folkrättsligt tillåtet krig: (A just war is a lawful war)
Part of (O)rättfärdiga krig, p. 69-93, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2004
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The International Criminal Court and Collective Security
Part of Peace and Security. Current Challenges in International Law., p. 291-326, Studentlitteratur, Lund, 2004
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The ECJ and Soft Law: Who's Afraid of the EU Fundamental Rights Charter?
Part of Soft Law in Governance and Regulation, p. 37-60, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004
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The Surprising Originality of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Part of Nordic Cosmopolitanism., p. 5-32, Martin Nijhoffs Publishers, Boston, 2003
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EU Law and Swedish Law on access on documents - potential contrasts
Part of Anglo-Swedish Studies in Law, Iustus, Uppsala, 1999
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Part of Ad Studium et ad Laborem Incitavit Elsa Eschelson, p. 407-427, Iustus, Uppsala, 1997
Collections (editor)
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Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
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Liber, 2012
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Is Intervention Humanitarian?: Protecting Human Rights and Democrary Abroad
Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 2002
Conference proceedings (editor)
Monograph doctoral thesis
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1992
Reports
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Yes we can, probably: The Swedish position on self-defence against non-state actors in third states
2020
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2020
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Defer and rule: The relationship between the EU, the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN
2012
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The Public-Private in Armed Conflict: The Accountability of Private Security Companies
2010
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The Compatibility of Parity Democracy with Swedish Constitutional and Electoral Law
1996
Other
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Det betyder EU:s och Natos säkerhetsklausuler
2022
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Så kan Ryssland ställas till svars för krigsbrott
2022
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Genèvekonventionerna 70 år: Humanitet i en ny tid
2020
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Möjligt för ICC att åtala höga statsföreträdare
2017
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2010
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Rule of Law after War: Ideologies, Norms and Methods for Legal and Judicial Reform
Part of Juridisk tidskrift, p. 744-745, 2009
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På tvären: Erfarenheter av samarbete över ämnesgränser
2009
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2006
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Part of Common market law review, p. 606-607, 2006
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Internationell rättvisa i Darfur
2006
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2006
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Part of European Journal of International Law, p. 1042-1047, 2006
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2006
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Den svåra uppgiften att tvinga fram fred
2006
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2006
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Kofi Annans förslag kan rädda FN
2005
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De mänskliga rättigheterna måste uppvärderas
2005
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Europadomstolen har blivit för populär
2005
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Den misstänkte svenske terroristen
2005
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Militära interventioner i fredens tjänst
2005
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Part of International Organizations Law Review, p. 445-451, 2005
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Folkmord och folkrätt i vår tid
2005
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Grundlagen förtjänar att debatteras
2005
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Domstolarna hamnar i debattens fokus
2005
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Så kan förtroendet för domstolarna räddas
2005
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När det är tillåtet att lägga näsan i blöt
2004
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Sverige, NATO och EU:s försvarspolitik
2004
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EU starkt utan gemensam militärmakt
2004
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2004
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Nationella domstolar fungerar inte alltid
2004
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Increasing Transparency in the European Union?: Veerle Deckmyn (ed), 2002
Part of Common Market Law Review, p. 275-276, 2004
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2004
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Flytta fokus i författningsfrågan
2004
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Irak, kriget och världsordningen
2003
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Nytt folkrättsligt kapitel i Irak
2003
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2003
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Vår skyldighet att införa euron försvinner inte
2003
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Vem har makten i det ockuperade Irak?
2003
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Multinationella trupper i Irak
2003
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2003
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2003
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Spelar FN:s säkerhetsråd någon roll?
2003
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An Introduction to International Institutional Law: Jan Klabbers, 2002
Part of Tidskift utgiven av Juridiska föreningen i Finland: (Review of the Society of Law in Finland), p. 693-695, 2003
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2003
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Gör FN-deklarationen till världens grundlag
2002
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2002
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2001
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2001
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2001
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Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 318-326, 2001
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2000
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The Europeans Union's Foreign and Security Policy: Ramses A. Wessel, 1999
Part of Finnish Yearbook of International Law, FYIL, 2000
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Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 1108-1111, 2000
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Fritt fram för nya anfallskrig
1999
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Innföring i folkerett (Introduction to International Law): Morten Ruud og Geir Ulfstein, 1998
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 506-507, 1999
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Openness and transparency in the European Union: Veerle Deckmyn and Ian Thomson, 1998
Part of European Law Review, p. 498-499, 1998
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Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 1010-1011, 1998
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Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 315-317, 1998
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Part of International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, p. 92-97, 1997
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1996
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1996
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Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 739-742, 1995
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1994
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Havsrätten, gränstvister och Norges olja
1994
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1994
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1994
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1994
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FN-stadgans folkrätt (The Law of the UN Charter): Ove Bring, 1992
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 173-176, 1993
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The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations: Thomas M Franck, 1990
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 263-267, 1992
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Perestroika and International Law: W.E Butler (Ed) 1990
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 334-337, 1991
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Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 196-198, 1990
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International Law and Development: Paul de Waart, Paul Peters, Erik Denters (Eds) 1988
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 220-224, 1990
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Change and Stability in the International Law-Making: Antonio Cassese, Joseph H.H Weiler (Eds) 1998
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 196-198, 1990
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Universal Human Rights in the Theory and Practice: Jack Donnelly, 1989
Part of Tidsskift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 257-259, 1989
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Confrontation or Cooperation? International Law and the Developing Countries: R.P Anand
Part of Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, TfR, p. 175-188, 1988
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Ingrid Detter de Lupis: The Concept of International Law. Norstedts, Stockholm 1987. 145 s.
Part of Tidsskrift for rettsvitenskap, p. 1020-1022, 1987