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Martti Koskenniemi

Martti Koskenniemi

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Law and Political Science
Finland
2023

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Law

D-Index
49
Citations
11960
World Ranking
55
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Finland Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Martti Koskenniemi is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their primary area of research is within the Social Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, History, Education, and Demography.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Brazilian cultural history and politics, historical and contemporary political dynamics, Brazilian history and foreign policy, global peace and security dynamics, education during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, and agriculture, land use, and rural development.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Renata Nagamine, Bruno Bernardi, Felipe Pereira Loureiro, Gabriel Grabowski, and Ricardo Barbosa.

Martti Koskenniemi's publications appear in several academic venues, including:

  • Revista de Direito Internacional
  • Lua Nova Revista de Cultura e Política
  • Varia Historia
  • Brazilian Journal of Health Review
  • Journal of Agrarian Change

Recent papers include:

  • The subversive practice of counting bodies: Documenting violence and conflict in rural Brazil, 2021, Journal of Agrarian Change
  • "Deus em Davos": populismo, neoliberalismo e direito internacional no governo Bolsonaro, 2020, Revista de Direito Internacional
  • OS DONOS DO SILÊNCIO: A POLÍTICA EXTERNA DO REGIME MILITAR BRASILEIRO E A COMISSÃO DE DIREITOS HUMANOS DAS NAÇÕES UNIDAS, 2021, Lua Nova Revista de Cultura e Política
  • A dictatorship in the battle for human rights: the 1977 UN High Commissioner proposal and the Brazilian resistance, 2021, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
  • Mantendo o céu no lugar: o caso Yanomami e as denúncias contra a ditadura militar brasileira na Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos, 2023, Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política

Martti Koskenniemi has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2018.

Best Publications

  • The Gentle Civilizer of Nations

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  • The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870–1960

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations. By Thomas M. Franck. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Pp. vii, 289. Index. $32.50.

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Fragmentation of International Law? Postmodern Anxieties

    Martti Koskenniemi;Päivi Leino

  • The Politics of International Law

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • The Fate of Public International Law: Between Technique and Politics

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Democratic Governance and International Law

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  • The Politics of International Law – 20 Years Later

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Constitutionalism as Mindset: Reflections on Kantian Themes About International Law and Globalization

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • National Self-Determination Today: Problems of Legal Theory and Practice

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • EMPIRE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE REAL SPANISH CONTRIBUTION

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  • Fragmentation of international law: difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law : report of the Study Group of the International Law Commission

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  • The Cambridge Companion to International Law

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  • Is International Law International

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  • ‘The Lady Doth Protest Too Much’ Kosovo, and the Turn to Ethics in International Law

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • The Police in the Temple Order, Justice and the UN: A Dialectical View

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Between Impunity and Show Trials

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • International Law in Europe: Between Tradition and Renewal

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Lauterpacht: The Victorian Tradition in International Law

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Miserable Comforters: International Relations as New Natural Law

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • From Apology to Utopia by Martti Koskenniemi

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  • International law and hegemony: a reconfiguration

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Hierarchy in International Law: A Sketch

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Histories of International Law: Dealing with Eurocentrism

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Empire and International Law: The Real Spanish Contribution

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Fragmentation of international law

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Law, Teleology and International Relations: An Essay in Counterdisciplinarity:

    Martti Koskenniemi

  • Global Governance and Public International Law

    Martti Koskenniemi

Frequent Co-Authors

James Crawford
James Crawford University of Cambridge
Richard A. Falk
Richard A. Falk Princeton University
David W. Kennedy
David W. Kennedy Harvard University

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