2 Postdoctoral researchers in International Law
International Law Through the Prism of National Courts
Vacancy number: [W11-145]
Job description:
The Postdoctoral Researcher will carry out research within the project on International Law Through the Prism of National Courts, funded under the ECRP scheme of the European Science Foundation. He or she will be based at the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL), which collaborates in this project with the Universities of Berlin, Oslo, Vienna, Warsaw, Siena, and Tel Aviv
The project will explore the legal status and effects of decisions of national courts in the international legal order. The increasing reliance of the international legal order on national courts and the growing practice of national courts in applying international law raise the question whether the traditional principle that decisions of domestic courts are merely facts, still accurately captures the legal role and relevance of national court decisions in the international legal order. Among other things, the project intends to map and study the ways in which decisions of national courts influence the development of international law, the conditions under which they may or may not be considered as authoritative (such as impartiality), how the international legal order deals with the diversity of interpretations between national courts, the effects when national courts review or resist decisions of international courts and international organizations, and the implications for legal theory and doctrine.
The postdoctoral researcher will interact with related projects carried out at the ACIL, in particular its project on Postnational rule-making and the study of the New checks and balances.
Candidates should apply with an outline of their research project (max. 1000 words).
Tasks:
- conduct independent research within the area of the project
- assist in general leadership of the project
- assist in supervision of the PhD candidates at the ACIL
- candidates may possibly lecture on subjects in the Faculty's curriculum that are related to the project
Requirements:
- a PhD in public international law
- excellent writing skills, fluency in English
'New Checks and Balances at the Interface(s) between International and National Law'
Vacancy number: [W11-146]
Job description:
The Postdoctoral Researcher will carry out research within the project New Checks and Balances at the Interface(s) between International and National Law. The project is part of the research project Internationalization of the Rule of Law, organized jointly with the Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law. He or she will be based at the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL).
The project will explore the role of national courts in the normative contestation between the international and the national rule of law. In recent years, in an increasing number of cases (involving the application of Security Council Resolutions, but also judgments of the European Court of Human Rights), national courts have declined to give effect to international obligations on the ground that such decisions would conflict with the rule of law or on other ground would be illegitimate. The project will map the relevant practices of national courts and the responses thereto at international level, explore how the activity of national courts fits into a system of checks and balances between international and national legal orders, reflect on normative contestation between different levels of governance, and examine what implications follow for legal theory and doctrine.
The Postdoctoral Researcher will interact with related projects carried out at the ACIL, in particular its project on Postnational rule-making and onInternational law through the prism of national courts.
Candidates should apply with an outline of their research project (max. 1000 words).
Tasks:
- conduct independent research within the area of the project
- assist in general leadership of the project
- assist in supervision of the PhD candidates at the ACIL
- candidates may possibly lecture on subjects in the Faculty's curriculum that are related to the project
Requirements:
- a PhD in public international law
- good knowledge of social science methodology is an asset
- excellent writing skills, fluency in English
Appointment
The appointment will be full-time (38 hours a week). A part-time appointment (32 hours per week) is negotiable. The preferred starting date is as soon as possible, preferably no later than January 1, 2012. The appointment will initially be for 1 year. Extension of the contract to a maximum of 3 years is subject to satisfactory performance after the first year.
The gross full-time monthly salary will be in accordance with the salary scales for postdoctoral researchers at Dutch universities, i.e., ranging from €2379 to €4374 (salary scales 10-11).
Job application
Applications should include:
- Cover letter and CV
- List of publications
- Contact details of 3 referees
- Proof of your PhD degree; if you have not completed your degree at the time of application, please provide a statement from your supervisor confirming the expected date of completion
- Research proposal of max. 1000 words
Applications should be submitted before 1 September 2011, with reference to vacancy number W11-145 or W11-146, by email to solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl or by mail to the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, personnel department, attn: Dr P.M. Kwantes, P.O. Box 1030, 1000 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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