Staff profile

Biography

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Current Research

Roeben is the author or editor of eight books and over fifty articles. Roeben’s research is in the areas of international law and EU law, with a focus on the law and policy of energy, as well as the theory of global law. He frequently advises governments and international organisations.

• International Energy Law and Sustainable Development
  In 2018, Roeben published Towards the European Energy Union – European strategy in international law with Cambridge University Press. He is general editor of the Hart publication series ‘Global Energy Law and Policy’. An article co-authored with M Amokoromo on ‘Responsibility, Solidarity and their Connections in International law: Towards a Coherent Framework’ is forthcoming in vol. 55 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law.

• International law
  Roeben has published on international law in its breadth, ranging from the law of the sea to international economic law to the UN Charter to general international law. A forthcoming article is concerned with the concept of statehood in international law: ‘Rose is s Rose is a Rose. International Legal Functionalism as a Method of Statehood Analysis’, in Berkeley Journal of International Law.

• EU law
  Roeben has published particularly on judicial protection and EU citizenship. He is currently working with P, Minnerop, R Schütze and J Snell of an a volume on EU Citizenship as an independent status under contract with OUP.

• Comparative Law
   Roeben has explored new concepts and approaches to comparative law in multi-level governance. An example is ‘A concept of shared principles and the constitutional homogeneity in Europe. The case of subsidiarity’, published in (2021) 5 Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law.

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Research Groups

Durham Law School

• Centre for Chinese Law and Policy
• Durham European Law Institute

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• International Law
• European Union law
• Energy Law
• Theory of Global Law
• Comparative Public Law

Authored book

• Volker Röben, Peter Cameron & Xiaoyi Mu (2020). The Global Energy Transition: Law, Policy and Economics for Energy in the 21st Century. Hart Publishing.
• Volker Roeben (2018). Towards a European Energy Union: European Energy Strategy in International Law. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
• Volker Roeben, Jukka Snell, Petra Minnerop, Pedro Telles & Keith Bush (2017). The Feasibility of Associate EU Citizenshi for UK Citizens Post-Brexit.
• Hestermeyer, Holger P., Doris König, Nele Matz-Luck, Volker Röben, Anja Seibert-Fohr, Peter-Tobias Stoll & Silja Vöneky (2011). Coexistence, Cooperation and Solidarity: Liber amicorum Rüdiger Wolfrum. Martinus Nijhoff.
• Andrew Halpin & Volker Roeben (2009). Theorising the Global Legal Order. Hart Publishing.
• Doris König, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Volker Roeben & Nele Matz-Lück (2008). International Law Today: New Challenges and the Need for Reform?. Germany: Springer Verlag.
• Volker Roeben (2008). Legitimacy in International Law. Germany: Springer Verlag.
• Volker Röben (2007). Au\ssenverfassungsrecht: Eine Untersuchung zur auswärtigen Gewalt des offenen Staates. Mohr Siebeck.
• Volker Roeben (1998). Die Einwirkung Der Rechtsprechung Des Europaischen Gerichtshofs Auf Das Mitgliedstaatliche Verfahren in Offentlich-Rechtlichen Streitigkeiten. Springer.

Chapter in book

• Röben, Volker (2022). Der Brexit als radikales Experiment: Die Grenze im Brexit als Bedingung von Exklusion, Inklusion und offener Staatlichkeit. In Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart. Neue Folge. Lepsius, Oliver, Nußberger, Angelika, Schönberger, Christoph, Waldhoff, Christian & Walter, Christian Mohr Siebeck. 683-690.
• Volker Roeben (2021). Energy Provision. In The Cambridge Companion to International Organizations Law. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
• Volker Roeben (2021). Accountability. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Peter Cameron, Xiaoyi Mu & Volker Roeben (2021). The Concept of Global Energy Transition and its Agenda. In The Global Energy Transition. Cameron, Peter D., Xiaoyi Mu & Volker Roeben Hart Publishing. 327-336.
• Cameron, Peter D, Mu, Xiaoyi & Roeben, Volker (2020). Introduction. In The Global Energy Transition: Law, Policy and Economics for Energy in the 21st Century. Cameron, Peter D, Mu, Xiaoyi & Roeben, Volker London: Bloomsbury. 2: 1-8.
• Volker Roeben & Gokce Mete (2020). What do we mean when we talk about the international law of energy. In Global Energy Transition. Peter Cameron, Volker Roeben & Xiaoyi Mu Hart Publishing. 1.
• Volker Röben (2020). High-end maritime security as legal argumentation. In Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea. Evans, Malcolm D. & Sofia Galani Edward Elgar Publishing. 83-103.
• Volker Röben (2020). Brexit – Lehren au seiner Krise? In Europa: In Vielfalt geeint! (Europe: united in diversity!). Wolfgang Bock Germany: C. H. Beck. 217-227.
• Rafael Macatangay & Volker Roeben (2020). Managing the threat of regulatory capture under the European Energy Union. In The Global Energy Transition. Cameron, Peter D., Xiaoyi Mu & Volker Roeben Hart Publishing.
• Volker Röben & Rafael Macatangay (2019). Conciliation for marine transboundary energy resources: A law and economics approach. In The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. Keyuan Zou, Shicun Wu & Qiang Ye United Kingdom: Routledge.
• Volker Roeben (2019). United Nations, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In Max Plank Encyclopedia of Public International Law. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. e551.
• Volker Roeben (2017). Die Lehre des Internationalen Rechts in Gro\ssbritannien. In Lehre des internationalen Rechts. Stefan Hobe & Thilo Marauhn Germany: C. F. Müller. 143-149.
• Volker Roeben (2015). Air Pollution, Transboundary Aspects. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Volker Röben (2015). Environmental Treaty Bodies. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Volker Roeben (2012). The Economic and Social Council, Articles 61 and 62. In The Charter of the United Nations. Simma, Bruno Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Nolte, Georg & Andreas Paulus United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. II.
• Volker Röben (2011). Legitimacy of UN Member States. In Coexistence, Cooperation and Solidarity. Hestermeyer, Holger P. König, Doris Matz-Lück, Nele Röben, Volker Seibert-Fohr, Anja Stoll, Peter-Tobias & Vöneky, Silja Martinus Nijhoff. 1507-1526.
• Volker Roeben (2010). The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, Articles 67 through 76 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In Recht der Europäischen Union (Law of the European Union). Grabitz, Help & Nettlesheim Germany: C. H. Beck. 2010 & 2014.
• Volker Roeben (2010). Eco-Labelling. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Volker Roeben (2010). The Enforcement Authority of International Institutions. In The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions. Bogdandy, Armin von Wolfrum, Rudiger Bernstorff, Jochen von, Dann, Philipp & Goldmann, Matthias Springer. 210: 819-842.
• Volker Roeben (2010). Conference (Meeting) of States Parties. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Volker Roeben (2010). International Law, Development through International Organizations, Policies and Practice. In Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Andrew Halpin & Volker Roeben (2009). Introduction. In Theorising the Global Legal Order. Andrew Halpin & Roeben, Volker Hart Publishing. 1-23.
• Andrew Halpin & Volker Roeben (2009). Concluding Reflections. In Theorising the Global Legal Order. Andrew Halpin & Roeben, Volker Hart Publishing. 273-278.
• Volker Röben (2008). What About Hobbes? Legitimacy as a Matter of Inclusion in the Functional and Rational Exercise of International Public Power. In Legitimacy in International Law. Wolfrum, Rüdiger & Röben, Volker Germany: Springer Verlag. 353-367.
• Volker Röben (2005). Proliferation of Actors. In Developments of International Law in Treaty Making. Wolfrum, Rudiger & Roeben, Volker Springer. 177: 511-536.
• Volker Röben (2004). Schutzklausel bei Elektrizitäts- und Gasimporten In Berliner Kommentar zum Energierecht. Germany: C. H. Beck. XXV: 1111.
• Volker Roeben (2000). Institutions of International Environmental Law. In International, Regional and National Environmental Law. Morrison, Fred L. & Rüdiger Wolfrum Kluwer Law International. 71-112.
• Volker Röben (2000). Institutional Developments under Modern International Environmental Agreements. In Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Volume 4 (2000). Bogdandy Armin von & Wolfrum, Rüdiger Germany: Max Planck Institute. 4: 363-443
• Volker Roeben (2000). Alternatives to Direct Regulation. In International, Regional and National Environmental Law. Morrison, Fred L. & Wolfrum, Rüdiger Kluwer Law International. 625-662.
• Rudiger Wolfrum, Volker Roeben & Morrison, Fred L. (2000). Preservation of the Marine Environment. In International, Regional and National Environmental Law. Morrison, Fred L. & Wolfrum, Rüdiger Kluwer Law International. 225-284.

Conference Paper

• Volker Röben (2008), Managing Risks to Global Stability: the UN Security Council\textquoterights New-found Role Post Iraq, in König, Doris Stoll, Peter-Tobias Röben, Volker & Matz-Lück, Nele eds, Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht International Law Today. Germany, Springer Verlag, 51-91.
• W. Plesmann & V. Röben (1991), State Practice and National Legislation Relating to the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Continental Shelf and Straits Used for International Navigation: Basic trends, in Rüdiger Wolfrum, Heinz, Ursula E. & Bizarro, Denise A. eds, Publications of the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at Kiel University 113: Law of the Sea at the Crossroads. Duncker & Humblot, 373.

Journal Article

• Cervantes, Miguel Ángel Marmolejo, Roeben, Volker & Solís, Lisa Reilly (2022). Global Climate Change Action as a Jus Cogens Norm: Some Legal Reflections on the Emerging Evidence. Environmental Policy and Law
• Volker Roeben (2021). A concept of shared principles and the constitutional homogeneity in Europe: The case of subsidiarity. Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review 4(3): 903-949.
• Volker Roeben (2020). Rose is a Rose is a Rose: International Legal Functionalism as a Method of Statehood Analysis. Berkeley Journal of International Law 39(2).
• Volker Roeben & Azubuike, Smith I. (2020). Climate Change and Responsibility: Arctic States\textquoteright Cooperation through the Arctic Council in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Efforts. 2020 Arctic Yearbook 2020(Section IV).
• Volker Roeben (2020). Judicial Protection as the Meta-Norm in the EU Judicial Architecture. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 12(1): 29-62.
• Volker Röben (2019). Institutions of international law: How international law secures orderliness in international affairs. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 22: 189-217.
• Volker Röben (2019). Mathias Forteau and Jean-Marc Thouvenin (eds), Traité de droit international de la mer (CEDIN). Pedone: Paris, 2017. Pp. 1322. €94. ISBN: 9782233008503. European Journal of International Law 30(2): 703-706.
• Petra Minnerop & Volker Roeben (2018). Continuity as the rule, not the exception: How the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties protects against retroactivity of \textquoteleftBrexit\textquoteright. European Human Rights Law Review 2018(5): 474-489.
• Volker Roeben (2015). The Equitable Distribution of Marine Resources by Agreement of States—The Case of the South China Sea. Chinese Journal of Global Governance 1(1): 36-66.
• Volker Roeben (2013). GOVERNING SHARED OFFSHORE ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE NORTHERN SEAS. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 62(4): 839-864.
• Volker Röben (2012). Responsibility in International Law. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 16: 99-158.
• Volker Roeben (2010). The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo: Rules or Principles? Gottingen Journal for International Law 2(3): 1063-1086.
• Volker Roeben (2009). Der völkerrechtliche Rahmen für die Sezession einer Minderheit aus dem Staatsverband: Kosovo als Präzedenzfall? Die Friedens-Warte 84(3): 39-57.
• Bernstorff, Jochen von & Volker Roeben (2009). International Law as Public Law: On Recent and Historical German Approaches to International Law. American Journal of International Law 103(3): 609-619.
• Volker Roeben (2008). Funktionen des Verwaltungsakts. Verwaltungsarchiv 99: 46-72.
• Volker Roeben (2004). The Order of the UNCLOS Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal to Suspend Proceedings in the Case of the MOX Plant at Sella field: How Much Jurisdictional Subsidiarity? Nordic Journal of International Law 73(2): 223-245.
• Volker Roeben (2004). CONSTITUTIONALISM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER THE DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY: HOW MUCH HIERARCHY? Columbia Journal of European Law 10(2): 339-377.
• Volker Röben (2003). The procedure of the ICC: status and function of the Prosecutor. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 7: 513-552.
• Volker Roeben (2003). Der Einsatz der Streitkräfte nach dem Grundgesetz. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 63: 585-603.
• Röben, Betsy Baker & Volker Röben (2003). Institutional Aspects of Financing Sustainable Development After the Johannesburg Summit of 2002. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 63: 517-550.
• Volker Röben (2002). The Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases: Re-Regionalization of the Settlement of Law of the Sea Disputes? Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 62: 61-72.
• Volker Röben (1999). International Internet Governance. German Yearbook of International Law 42: 400-437.
• Kimball, Lee A., Volker Röben, Gerhard Loibl, Cheng Yang, Vincent, Préfontaine, Daniel C., Mohan Prabhu & Tarasofsky, Richard G. (1995). PART 2: 1994: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: I. General Developments. Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2013 5(1): 125-156.
• Volker Röben (1995). A Case Study on a Joint Venture Project. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 55: 348-390.
• Volker Röben (1994). The Sciences - A Contribution to Understanding the Law on an Activity of International Concern. German Yearbook of International Law 37: 254-280.
• Betsy Baker & Volker Röben (1993). To Abduct or To Extradite: Does a Treaty Beg the Question? The Alvarez-Machain Decision in U.S. Domestic Law and International Law. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht 53: 657-688 .
• Volker Röben (1989). Le Precedent dans la Jurisprudence de la Cour Internationale. German Yearbook of International Law 32: 382-407.
• Volker Röben (1988). A Report of Effective Protection of Minorities Notes and Comments. German Yearbook of International Law 31: 621-638.

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Janković, Sava & Roeben, Volker (2022). Russia’s Recognition of the DPR and LPR: The Revival of the Constitutive Theory of Recognition?

Other (Print)

• Volker Roeben & Sava Jankovic (2021). Unpacking Sovereignty and Self-determination in ITLOS and the ICC: A Bundle of Rights? EJIL Talk!
• Volker Roeben (2021). IEA report: world\textquoterights leading energy adviser was founded to protect oil supplies – now it wants to ban new fossil fuels. The Conversation
• Volker Röben (2019). The global community is finally acting on climate change, but we need to switch to renewable energy faster. The Conversation

Report

• Volker Röben & Gokce Mete (2019). What do we mean when we talk about international energy law? University of Edinburgh.