Jure Vidmar
Anglo-German Fellow
Jure Vidmar (MA, LLM, Dr phil, PhD) is an Anglo-German Fellow at the Institute of European and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law. He was recently also a visiting fellow at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria. Jure's main research and teaching interests lie within public international law, human rights, European law, and political theory. He recently co-edited (with Erika de Wet) a book entitled 'Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights' (Oxford University Press, 2012) and is presently working on a monograph entitled 'Democracy and the International Law of Statehood: The Emergence of New States in Post-Cold War Practice'. Jure is also an editor of the Hague Yearbook of International Law.
Publications
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Journal Articles
2012
J. Vidmar, ‘Explaining the Legal Effects of Recognition’, forthcoming in 61 (2) International and Comparative Law Quarterly (2012).
J. Vidmar, ‘Conceptualizing Declarations of Independence in International Law’, 32 (1) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (2012) 153–177.
J. Vidmar, ‘South Sudan and the International Legal Framework Governing the Emergence and Delimitation of New States’, 42 (3) Texas International Law Journal (2012) 541–559.
2011
J. Vidmar, ‘The Kosovo Advisory Opinion Scrutinized’, 24 (2) Leiden Journal of International Law (2011) 355–383.
2010
J. Vidmar, ‘Confining International Borders in the Practice of Post-1990 State Creations’, 70 (2) Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht– Heidelberg Journal of International Law (2010) 319–356.
J. Vidmar, ‘The Right of Self-Determination and Multiparty Democracy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?’, 10 (2) Human Rights Law Review (2010) 239–268.
J. Vidmar, ‘The Problem of International Constitutionalism: Can International Law Operate Vertically?’, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (2010) 1–14.
J. Vidmar, ‘Remedial Secession in International Law: Theory and (Lack Of) Practice’, 6 (1) St Antony’s International Review (2010) 37–56.
J. Vidmar, ‘Multiparty Democracy: International and European Human Rights Law Perspectives’, 23 (1) Leiden Journal of International Law (2010) 209–240.
2009
J. Vidmar, ‘International Legal Responses to Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence’, 42 (3) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (2009) 779–851.
2007
J. Vidmar, ‘Montenegro’s Path to Independence: A Study of Self-Determination, Statehood and Recognition’, 3 (1) Hanse Law Review (2007) 73–102.
Chapters
2012
J. Vidmar, ‘Unilateral Declarations of Independence in International Law’, D. French (ed.), Statehood, Self-Determination and Minorities: Reconciling Tradition and Modernity in International Law (Cambridge, CUP, forthcoming in 2012).
J. Vidmar, ‘Democratic Legitimacy of Governments in International Law: Practice of States and UN Organs’, in C. Panara and G. Wilson, The ‘Arab Spring’: New Patterns for Democracy in International Law (Leiden, BRILL, forthcoming in 2012).
J. Vidmar, ‘Norm Conflicts and Hierarchy in International Law: Towards a Vertical International Legal System?’, in E. de Wet and J. Vidmar (eds.), Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights (Oxford, OUP, 2012) 13–42.
E. de Wet and J. Vidmar, ‘Introduction’, in E. de Wet and J. Vidmar (eds.), Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights (Oxford, OUP, 2012) 1–12.
E. de Wet and J. Vidmar, ‘Conclusions’, in E. de Wet and J. Vidmar (eds.), Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights (Oxford, OUP, 2012) 300–310.
2011
J. Vidmar, ‘Kosovo: Unilateral Secession and Multilateral State-Making’, in J. Summers (ed.), Kosovo: A Precedent? The Declaration of Independence, the Advisory Opinion and Implications for Statehood, Self-Determination and Minority Rights (Leiden, Nijhoff, 2011) 143–178.
Books
2012
E. de Wet and J. Vidmar (eds.), Hierarchy in International Law: The Place of Human Rights (Oxford University Press, 2012).
2008
J. Vidmar, Democratic Transition and Democratic Consolidation in Slovenia(Frankfurt, New York, P Lang, 2008).
Internet Publication
2010
J. Vidmar, ‘The Kosovo Opinion and General International Law: How Far-reaching and Controversial is the ICJ’s Reasoning?’, The Hague Justice Portal, http://www.haguejusticeportal.net/eCache/DEF/12/110.html.
Interests
Teaching: Public International Law
Research: Public international law, human rights, EU law, political theory
Other details
Correspondence address:
Institute of European and Comparative Law
St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3UL
