These texts on the legitimacy of international courts were framed as a direct reaction to
arguments put forward in the book In Whose Name? by Armin von Bogdandy und Ingo Venzke. The
subjects ranged from a comparison between international organizations and international courts
and how they can contribute to democratize international law to assessing the democratic
legitimacy of international human rights courts.Therefore the collection is dealing with both
theoretical and practical questions regarding the legitimacy of international courts and how
such problems relate to fundamental problems of our times.
