Radim Dragomaca
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About
Radim is a joint doctoral researcher in International Relations (St. Andrews, UK) and International Law (Tilburg University, NL). His research concerns the supranational exercise of sovereign powers by international organisations, and the challenge this trend poses to the state-centricity of international law. Radim is originally from the Czech Republic, but has lived in the United States for much of his life, and undertook his graduate studies in the Netherlands.
Biography
2004-2007 BSc. International Relations and Diplomacy
John C. Whitehead School of International Relations
Seton Hall University, USA
2008-2009 LLM International and European Public Law
School of Law
Tilburg University, the Netherlands
2009-2010 MPhil Research Master in Law
Tilburg University (NL) and Catholic University of Leuven (BE)
2010-present
Joint PhD in International Relations and International Law
Fall 2010: Tilburg University
Winter 2011: King's College London (visiting researcher)
Spring 2011: European University Institute, Florence (visiting researcher)
Summer 2011: University of Helsinki (visiting researcher)
Fall 2011-present: University of St Andrews
Thesis Title
The Rise of Supranational Actors: Rethinking Organisations in International Law
Supervisor
Anthony Lang
Thesis Topic
The exercise, by supranational organisations, of formerly sovereign state powers, and the challenges that arise for these actors within the state-centric framework of public international law.
Thesis Summary
This thesis looks at the rise of supranationalism in regional organisations around the world, and considers how this new trend in international affairs affects and might affect international law. International law is primarily concerned with states, with a less well-developed corpus lege concerning international organisations. The sovereignty transfers involved in supranational governance are giving rise to a new kind of actor, one that remains an organisation, but exercises powers traditionally reserved for states. This research project considers the challenges and tensions that arise for these unique organisations, operating within the bounds of state-centric international law, and for the member states of these organisations, who must reconcile supranational obligations with international ones.
Research Interests
Public International Law, Treaty Law, State Responsibility, International Organisations
European Integration, EU External Relations, EU External Relations Law, EU Constitutional Law
International Relations, Global Constitutionalism, Transatlantic Relations, Central Europe
Publications
Dragomaca, Radim, ‘Constitutional Amendments and the Limits of Judicial Activism: The Case of the Czech Republic’ in Witteveen, Willem, and DeVisser, Maartje (eds.) The Jurisprudence of Aharon Barak: Views from Europe (Wolf Legal Publishers, 2011)
Articles
Dragomaca, Radim, ‘Constitutional Crisis in the Czech Republic’ (2010) 1 Tijdschrift voor Constitutioneel Recht / Dutch Journal of Constitutional Law 183
Papers
Mazzucelli, Colette G. and Dragomaca, Radim, ‘Leadership in the European Union: Assessing the Influence of the French-Czech-Swedish Trio Council Presidency’ (2009). APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1450346
Conferences
Young Atlanticists NATO Summit, Lisbon, November 2010
King's College Annual European Law Conference, London, February 2011
Global Security Forum, Bratislava, March 2011
Student Conference on International Law, Jerusalem, August 2011
Grants
European Science Foundation: Short Terms Scientific Mission Grant (STSM) in the field of International Law: Constitutionalization and Fragmentation; for a research visit to the University of Helsinki - summer 2011
Teaching
IR 1006 Foreign Policy Analysis and International Security
