Das Jahrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die wichtigsten Entwicklungen im Bereich des Völkerrechts im Allgemeinen und des Rechts internationaler Organisationen im Besonderen. Neben den von Wissenschaftlern und Fachleuten verfassten Beiträgen versammelt der Band auch Rezensionen zur jüngst erschienenen Fachliteratur. Inhalt: FORUM: Jost Delbrück: The Fight Against Global Terrorism: Self-Defense or Collective Security as International Police Action? Some Comments on the International Legal Implications of the 'War Against Terrorism' (9-24). Focus Section: International Theory: Anne Peters: There is Nothing More Practical than a Good Theory: An Overview of Contemporary Approaches to International Law (25-37); Martin Borowski: Discourse Theory in International Law - Human Rights Through Discourse (38-71); Stefan Oeter: International Law and General Systems Theory (72-95); Siegfried Wiessner / Andrew R. Willard: Policy-Oriented Jurisprudence (96-112); Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol: Crossing Borderlands of Inequality with International Legal Methodologies - The Promise of Multiple Feminisms (113-169); Christian Walter: Constitutionalizing (Inter)national Governance. Possibilities for and Limits to the Development of an International Constitutional Law (170-201). General Articles: Walter Kälin: Temporary Protection in the EC: Refugee Law, Human Rights and the Temptations of Pragmatism (202-236); Rainer Hofmann: Protecting the Rights of National Minorities in Europe. First Experiences with the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (237-269); August Reinisch: Governance Without Accountability? (270-306); Roland Bank: The New Programs for Payments to Victims of National Socialist Injustice (307-352); Tobias H. Irmscher: The Legal Framework for the Activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo: The Charter, Human Rights, and the Law of Occupation (353-395); Karsten Nowrot: Saving the International Legal Regime on Climate Change? The 2001 Conferences of Bonn and Marrakesh (396-429); Martin Mennecke: Towards the Humanization of the Vienna Convention of Consular Rights - The LaGrand Case Before the International Court of Justice (430-468). Comments: Mahulena Hofmann: The Right to Establishment for Nationals of the European Union Associated Countries in the Recent Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice (469-484); P. R. Ghandhi: Some Aspects of the Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies Rule Under the Jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee (485-497); Birgit Kessler: The Duty to "Ensure Respect" Under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions: Its Implications on International and Non-International Armed Conflicts (498-516); Stefanie Ricarda Roos: The "Right to Live and Remain in One's Place of Origin": A United Nations' Rhetoric or an Internationally Recognized Human Right? Reflections on the Potential of a Controversial Right to be Universally Recognized (517-543). German Section: Markus Rau: NATO's New Strategic Concept and the German Federal Government's Authority in the Sphere of Foreign Affairs: The Decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court of 22. November 2001 (544-575); Cristina Hoß / Russel A. Miller: German Federal Constitutional Court and Bosnian War Crimes: Liberalizing Germany's Genocide Jurisprudence (576-611). Reports: Caroline Fiesser / Holger Scheel: Die Rechtsprechung des Internationalen Gerichtshofes im Jahre 2001 (612-634); Arzu Erdogan: Die Rechtsprechung des Internationalen Seegerichtshofes im Jahre 2001 (635-660); Reza Fakhreshafaei: Die Rechtsprechung des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofes für das ehemalige Jugoslawien im Jahre 2001 (661-678); Frank Bayer / Henning Jessen: Die Rechtsprechung des WTO-Streitbeilegungsgremiums im Jahre 2001 (679-706); Christian J. Tams: Die Tätigkeit der International Law Commission im Jahre 2001 (707-723); Ursula Blanke / Björn Elberling: Die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte im Jahre 2001 (724-768).