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Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood? (2022)
Journal Article
Prost, M., & Allen, E. (2022). Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood?. Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law, 171 - 181. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12431

Sinking island States have become allegories of the Anthropocene and a symbol of the radical violence of climate change. Various theories have been advanced supporting the continued existence of sunken islands as deterritorialized States. A common vi... Read More about Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood?.

Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral (2018)
Journal Article
Prost, M. (2018). Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral. https://doi.org/10.4000/revdh.5500

Does the absence of legal unity challenge the universality of human rights? Is the systematic integration of human rights in other branches of law a remedy to fragmentation? This article offers a critique of « integral human-rightism », i.e. the proj... Read More about Fragmentation et droits de l`homme: contre le droits-de-l'hommisme intégral.

Born Again Lawyer: FATU as An Antidote to the ‘Positivist Blues’ (2006)
Journal Article
Prost, M. (2006). Born Again Lawyer: FATU as An Antidote to the ‘Positivist Blues’. German Law Journal, 7(12), 1037-1043. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2071832200005289

For some time, there has been something paradoxical about Martti Koskenniemi's From Apology to Utopia (hereinafter FATU). FATU might very well have been the single most influential book of the last 15 years in the field of international legal theory.... Read More about Born Again Lawyer: FATU as An Antidote to the ‘Positivist Blues’.

Unity, Diversity and the Fragmentation of International Law: How Much Does the Multiplication of International Organizations Really Matter? (2006)
Journal Article
Prost, M., & Clark, P. K. (2006). Unity, Diversity and the Fragmentation of International Law: How Much Does the Multiplication of International Organizations Really Matter?. Chinese Journal of International Law, 5(2), 341-370. https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jml022

It seems to be presumed by many that the simple multiplication of international organizations (IOs) weakens the unity and integrity of international law. There is, in reality, nothing obvious in this assumption. First, there needs to be evidence of d... Read More about Unity, Diversity and the Fragmentation of International Law: How Much Does the Multiplication of International Organizations Really Matter?.