Jean D'aspremont

Jean d’Aspremont is Professor of International Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy at Sciences Po School of Law. He also is Professor at the University of Manchester and at the Graduate Institute (IHEID) in Geneva. He is General Editor of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law and Director of Oxford International Organizations (OXIO). He is series editor of the Melland Schill Studies in International Law. He has published more than two dozens of books and 200 articles on questions of international law, legal theory, and the philosophy of law. His work has been translated in several languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Japanese and Persian.

Before joining Sciences Po Law School, he was Professor of International Legal Theory at the University of Amsterdam. He used to be Editor-in-Chief of the Leiden Journal of International Law. He received his LL.M. from the University of Cambridge and his Ph.D. from the University of Louvain. He was a Global Research Fellow at New York University. He acted as counsel in proceedings before the International Court of Justice.

• Jean d'Aspremont. Thingly Facticity in the International Legal Discourse. Rivista di ermeneutica giuridica , 2025, 2, pp.28. ⟨10.2139/ssrn.5189767⟩. ⟨hal-05013017⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. International Law and its Critical Misrepresentations. Journal du Droit Transnational , 2025, 1, pp.22. ⟨10.2139/ssrn.5189761⟩. ⟨hal-05012822⟩
• Jean d' Aspremont. Un-Loving International Organizations. International Organizations Law Review, 2024, 21 (3), pp.513-526. ⟨10.1163/15723747-21030013⟩. ⟨hal-04839706⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont, Isil Aral. International Law and Universality. Oxford University Press, pp.352, 2024, 9780198899419. ⟨hal-04519723⟩
• Işıl Aral, Jean d'Aspremont. Expansionism in International Human Rights Law. BRILL, pp.106, 2024, 9789004696075. ⟨10.1163/9789004696082⟩. ⟨hal-04565599⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Fairness and the Quaintness of International Legal Debates in Europe. European Journal of International Law, 2024, 35 (1), pp.199-202. ⟨10.1093/ejil/chad066⟩. ⟨hal-04562552⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Tradition and International Law: Pre-Discursivity as a Source?. Ezequiel Heffes; Manuel Ventura; Hollie Johnston. Non-Traditional Sources of International Law: What Lies Beyond Article 38(1)(a)-(d) of the ICJ Statute, Springer, 25 p., In press, ⟨10.2139/ssrn.4825022⟩. ⟨hal-04643460⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Demanding Idea of Consent to International Law. Saint Louis University Law Journal, 2024, 68 (2), pp.349-366. ⟨hal-04620490⟩
• Jean D’aspremont. Consenting to International Law in Five Moves. Samantha Besson. Consenting to International Law, 1, Cambridge University Press, pp.117-134, 2023, ⟨10.1017/9781009406444.008⟩. ⟨hal-04620517⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Experiences of International Organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.208, 2023, 9781035319534. ⟨10.4337/9781035319541⟩. ⟨hal-04298909⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The chivalric pursuit of coherence in international law. Leiden Journal of International Law, 2023, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1017/s0922156523000481⟩. ⟨hal-04282948⟩
• Jean d' Aspremont. The Love for International Organizations. International Organizations Law Review, 2023, 20 (2), pp.111-159. ⟨10.1163/15723747-20020002⟩. ⟨hal-04282972⟩
• Jean D’aspremont. Affects, Emotions, and the Cartesian Epistemology of International Law. Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2023, 14 (3), pp.281-284. ⟨10.1093/jnlids/idad019⟩. ⟨hal-04204546⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. International Legal Positivism and the European Quest for Scientificity. Oxford University Press. The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Europe, 1, Oxford University Press, pp.C13S1-C13N78, 2023, 9780198865315. ⟨10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198865315.013.13⟩. ⟨hal-04143068⟩
• Jean D’aspremont. Legal imagination and the thinking of the impossible. Leiden Journal of International Law, 2022, 35 (4), pp.1017-1027. ⟨10.1017/S0922156521000637⟩. ⟨hal-03971125⟩
• Jean D’aspremont. Two Attitudes towards Textuality in International Law: The Battle for Dualism. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2022, 42 (4), pp.963-984. ⟨10.1093/ojls/gqac010⟩. ⟨hal-03971054⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. International Legal Positivism. Jeffrey L. Dunoff; Mark A. Pollack. International Legal Theory : Foundations and Frontiers, Cambridge University Press, pp.63 - 81, 2022, 9781108448024. ⟨hal-03971094⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Custom-Making Moment in Customary International Law. The Theory, Practice, and Interpretation of Customary International Law, 1, Cambridge University Press, pp.29-39, 2022, 9781009025416. ⟨10.1017/9781009025416.003⟩. ⟨hal-03971105⟩
• Jean D’aspremont. International Law and the Rage against Scienticism. European Journal of International Law, 2022, 33 (2), pp.679-694. ⟨10.1093/ejil/chac041⟩. ⟨hal-03971066⟩
• Fabian Cardenas, Jean d'Aspremont. International Investment Law in Latin America: Universalizing Resistance. Sufyan Droubi; Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo. Latin America and international investment law: A mosaic of resistance, Manchester University Press, 2022, 9781526155078. ⟨hal-03971505⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Law of Statehood as a Constellation of Hybrids. Jure Vidmar; Sarah McGibbon. Research Handbook on Secession, Edward Elgar, pp.29-41, 2022, 9781788971744. ⟨10.2139/ssrn.3495528⟩. ⟨hal-04620505⟩
• Makane Moïse Mbengue, Jean d'Aspremont. Crisis Narratives in International Law. Brill Nijhoff, 2022, ⟨10.1163/9789004472365⟩. ⟨hal-03591451⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont, John Haskell. Tipping Points in International Law. Tipping Points in International Law, Washington, D.C., 1, Cambridge University Press, 2021, ⟨10.1017/9781108954549⟩. ⟨hal-03591267⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The roles of legitimacy in international legal discourses: Legitimizing law vs legalizing legitimacy. Heike Krieger; Jonas Püschmann. Law-Making and Legitimacy in International Humanitarian Law, EDWARD ELGAR, pp.16-32, 2021, 9781800883956. ⟨hal-03971287⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. A Worldly Law in a Legal World. International Law's Invisible Frames, Oxford University Press, pp.110-123, 2021, 9780192847539. ⟨10.1093/oso/9780192847539.003.0007⟩. ⟨hal-03971212⟩
• Jean D’aspremont, Binxin Zhang. China and international law: Two tales of an encounter. Leiden Journal of International Law, 2021, 34 (4), pp.899-914. ⟨10.1017/s0922156521000431⟩. ⟨hal-03971462⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. International legal methods: Working for a tragic and cynical routine. Rossana Deplano; Nicholas Tsagourias. Research Methods in International Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.42-59, 2021, 9781788972352. ⟨10.4337/9781788972369.00011⟩. ⟨hal-03971171⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Turntablism in the History of International Law. Raphael Schäfer; Anne Peters. Politics and the Histories of International Law : The Quest for Knowledge and Justice, Brill Nijhoff, pp.405-429, 2021, 9789004461796. ⟨10.1163/9789004461802_017⟩. ⟨hal-03971145⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Discourse on Customary International Law. Oxford University Press, pp.192, 2021, 9780192843913. ⟨hal-03376045⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. International Lawyers and Legal Forms. Whither the West?, 1, Cambridge University Press, pp.13-32, 2021, 9781107190115. ⟨10.1017/9781316996836.002⟩. ⟨hal-03972661⟩
• Binxin Zhang, Jean d'Aspremont. China and international law: Two tales of an encounter. Leiden Journal of International Law, 2021, 34 (4), pp.899-914. ⟨10.1017/S0922156521000431⟩. ⟨hal-03384112⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Legal Imagination as Resistance. Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History. Journal of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, 2021, 2021 (29), pp.265-266. ⟨10.12946/rg29/265-266⟩. ⟨hal-03971450⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. After Meaning : The Sovereignty of Forms in International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing, 168 p., 2021, 9781802200911. ⟨hal-03591532⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Les effets internationaux des lois et décisions nationales : un rôle implausible pour le droit international public. Le tournant global en droit international privé, Pedone, pp.377-386, 2020, 9782233009548. ⟨hal-03963712⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont, Sufyan Droubi. Introduction: Stories about International Organisations, Non-State Actors and the Formation of Customary International Law. Sufyan Droubi; Jean D'aspremont. International organisations, non-State actors, and the formation of customary international law, Manchester University Press, 2020, 9781526134158. ⟨hal-03224286⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Unlearning some common tropes. Sufyan Droubi; Jean D'aspremont. International organisations, non-State actors, and the formation of customary international law, Manchester University Press; Manchester University Press, pp.166 - 188, 2020, 9781526134158. ⟨hal-03224282⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont (Dir.). International organisations, non-State actors, and the formation of customary international law. Sufyan Droubi. Manchester University Press, pp.456, 2020, Melland Schill Perspectives on International Law, 9781526134158. ⟨hal-03220489⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Belgium and the Fabrication of the International Legal Discipline. European Journal of International Law, 2020, 31 (4), pp.1521-1530. ⟨10.1093/ejil/chaa091⟩. ⟨hal-03971991⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Turntablism in the History of International Law. Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international, 2020, 22 (2-3), pp.472-496. ⟨10.1163/15718050-12340142⟩. ⟨hal-03972020⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The League of Nations and the Power of “Experiment Narratives” in International Institutional Law. International Community Law Review, 2020, 22 (3-4), pp.275 - 290. ⟨10.1163/18719732-12341430⟩. ⟨hal-03228010⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Canonical Cross-Referencing in the Making of the Law of International Responsibility. Serena Forlati; Makane Moise Mbengue; Brian Mcgarry. The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and Its Contribution to the Development of International Law, Brill Publishers, pp.22 - 40, 2020, 9789004428669. ⟨hal-03222351⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont, André Nollkaemper, Christiane Ahlborn, Berenice Boutin, Nataša Nedeski, et al.. Guiding Principles on Shared Responsibility in International Law. European Journal of International Law, 2020, 31 (1), pp.15 - 72. ⟨10.1093/ejil/chaa017⟩. ⟨hal-03228022⟩
• Fabian Cardenas, Jean d'Aspremont. Epistemic Communities in International Adjudication. Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro], Oxford University Press, 2020, 9780191872549. ⟨hal-03239197⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Comparativism and Colonizing Thinking in International Law. The Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Annuaire canadien de droit international, 2020, 57, pp.89 - 112. ⟨10.1017/cyl.2020.14⟩. ⟨hal-03228012⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Routines of International Law. Ars Interpretandi: Journal of Legal Hermeneutics, 2020, 1, pp.13 - 33. ⟨10.7382/97341⟩. ⟨hal-03228011⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. Current Theorizations about the Treaty in International Law. Duncan B Hollis. The Oxford Guide to Treaties, Oxford University Press, pp.46 - 58, 2020, 9780198848349. ⟨hal-03224371⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Control over Knowledge by International Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. Thomas Schultz; Federico Ortino. The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration, Oxford University Press, 2020, 9780198796190. ⟨hal-03224264⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont, Alicia Köppen. Global Reform versus Regional Emancipation: the Principles on International Investment for Sustainable Development in Africa. Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu; Makane Moise Mbengue. African Perspectives in International Investment Law, Manchester University Press, pp.18 - 29, 2020, 9781526151285. ⟨hal-03224257⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The Two Cultures of International Criminal Law. Kevin Heller; Frédéric Mégret; Sarah Nouwen; Jens David Ohlin; Darryl Robinson. The Oxford Handbook of International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press, 2020, 9780198825203. ⟨hal-03222348⟩
• Jean d'Aspremont. The History and Theory of International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.1707, 2020, 9781789901733. ⟨hal-03222269⟩