Solidarity in International Law

This book collects various contributions on the principle of solidarity in international law. It reconstructs the foundations of solidarity in law and investigates the origins of the principle. It then seeks to ascertain whether solidarity exists as a principle in international law and, if so, what its scope is.

Leonardo Pasquali is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Pisa, Italy. He is currently the Leader and Academic Coordinator of the "Solidarity in EU Law" Jean Monnet Module. He is also a member of the Academic Board of the PhD Programme in Law and the PPGD (mestrado e doutorado) Programme in Law at the Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP), Brazil; additionally, he is a member of the Editorial Committee of European and Latin-American academic journals. He teaches in the areas of International Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Judicial Cooperation, International Organizations Law and EU Law. He has published extensively on these and related subjects in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Leonardo Pasquali is a Founding Partner at Studio Legale Pasquali.

1. Introduction. Solidarity: traditional international law vs. modern international law and universal international law vs. law of regional organizations  2. Historical background of solidarity in European law  3. Solidarity between law and religion  4. Solidarity and constitutional law in Italy and other European countries  5. Federalism, the principle of solidarity and the third stage in the division of competences  6. A realistic solidarity: Immanuel Kant's legacy for modern Europe  7. The dynamics between interest and solidarity as the functional basis of current international law  8. Solidarity and international investment law: reconciliation within the institutional framework  9. International solidarity and human rights. Some remarks about the draft United Nations declaration on the right to international solidarity  10. Solidarity in the EU. Beyond EU treaty provisions on solidarity  11. The reform of the Common European Asylum System: the new Pact on immigration and asylum  12. Solidarity with candidate States: the case of the Western Balkans  13. Solidarity among member states of regional organizations as a development of the good faith principle  14. Solidarity in the African System  15. Solidarity in ECOWAS, a sub-regional African organisation with relevant similarities to the EU  16. Solidarity in the League of Arab States  17. Solidarity in the law of MERCOSUR  18. Epilogue: lessons, questions, and outlook