This book brings together contributions from leading international lawyers from different generations, countries, and substantive areas of specialization—from public international law generalists to regional experts—, reflecting on topics currently shaping the future of international law towards which Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade made an enduring contribution.
A generalist, Cançado Trindade is arguably the highest exponent of public international lawyer to emerge so far from Latin America. A seating judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the time of his passing, he was a Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law (since 2004) and a Member of the prestigious Institute of International Law (since 1997). He was a judge at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for many years, and its president (elected 1999, re-elected 2002). During that time he contributed to some of the most important jurisprudence delivered by the Inter-American Court, which became clearly influential in the development of international law as we know it today.
While at the ICJ, Cançado Trindade was what Justice Bader Ginsburg was to the US Supreme Court: “the Great Dissenter”. He wrote for future generations of international law scholars and his Dissenting Opinions aspired to one day become the dominant view. He delivered the General Course on Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2005, International Law for Humankind: Towards a New Jus Gentium. His critical thinking has made an important contribution to the field of international law and inspired new generations of international law practitioners and scholars.
This book will be an important reference for practitioners, academics, researchers, university students and international law specialists working in international courts and tribunals with issues of international justice.
Monica Feria-Tinta is a barrister at Twenty Essex in London, United Kingdom.