Henrique Jerônimo Bezerra Marcos (H.)

Forthcoming

Marcos, H., ‘Tech Won’t Save Us: Climate Crisis, Techno-Optimism, and International Law’, Law, Technology and Humans (Accepted for publication, forthcoming April 2025).

Marcos, H., ‘Lex Specialis as a Reason-Giving Norm: Balancing Norm Specificity and Individual Rights in Legal Conflicts’ International Community Law Review (Accepted for publication, forthcoming 2025).

Marcos, H., ‘Causal Loops, Ontological Crises, and Customary International Law’ German Yearbook of International Law (Accepted for publication in Vol. 67, forthcoming 2025).

Marcos, H., ‘Making (Logical) Sense of the Interaction between Humanitarian and Human Rights Law,’ Hague Yearbook of International Law (Forthcoming 2025). 

Marcos, H. & Antonia Waltermann, ‘The Logic(s) of International Law,’ Hague Yearbook of International Law (Forthcoming 2025). 

Marcos, H., ‘Consistency in International Law’ (Springer Law & Philosophy Series, Forthcoming 2025)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Marcos, H. (2024) Can Large Language Models Apply the Law? AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-02105-9

Marcos, H. (2023), Two Kinds of Systemic Consistency in International Law, European Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1. pp. 65-83 (New Voices 2022-2023 Prize Winner).

Marcos, H. & Mello Filho, E.C. (2023), Peaceful Purposes Reservations in the Law of the Sea Convention and the Regulation of Military Exercises or Maneuvers in the Exclusive Economic Zone, 44 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 417.

Marcos, H. (2023), Consciousness and Liability of Non-Human Intelligence, Recht-D, Vol. 14, No. 3. pp. 382-401.

Marcos, H (2023) From Fragmented Legal Order to Globalised Legal System: Towards a Framework of General Principles for the Consistency of International Law, 3 Athena: Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization 90.

Book Chapters

Marcos, H. (2024) ‘Addressing the Chronological Paradox of Customary International Law: From Good Faith to Opinio Juris, and Opinio Juris to New Customary Rules’, In: Panos Merkouris et al. (Eds.), Interpretation of CIL: Methods, Interpretative Choices and the Role of Coherence (Cambridge University Press).

Menezes, W., & Marcos, H. (2020). ‘International Law Post-Pandemic.’ In G. L. O. Salinas (Ed.), The Multidisciplinary Handbook of Before and After Covid-19 (pp. 85-114).

Technical Publications & Outreach

Marcos, H., Amorim, G., & Borges, M. (2022). Relatório Simplificado Zona Contígua. Prepared for the Brazilian Delegation at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2022, Lisbon.

Marcos, H., et al., ‘Fintech Regulatory Framework in Switzerland’. Swiss Business Hub. Zurich; São Paulo, 2018. https://www.s-ge.com/pt/publication/analise/framework-regulatorio-fintech-na-suica accessed 27 March 2023.

Interviews

Henrique Marcos interviews Ulf Linderfalk, ‘Ulf Linderfalk on Discretion in International Law’ Globalization and Law Network (GLaw-Net) Podcast Series (Forthcoming 2024)

Alexander Savinkin interviews Henrique Marcos & Yure Lira, ‘STO Registration Procedures in Brazil’ (GeekForge.Academy, 25 February 2019) <https://medium.com/geekforge-academy/sto-registration-procedures-in-brazil-b3b447b7595b> accessed 12 August 2022

Blogposts & public Outreach

Marcos, H. & Tina binti Ishak, ‘The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Law and Technology’ (2024) Maastricht University Law Blog https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/blog/2024/11/stories-we-tell-ourselves-about-law-and-technology-0 accessed 17 January 2025.

Marcos H, ‘Joining the Conversation: Teaching Research Methods and Academic Legal Writing for International Law’ (2023) Völkerrechtsblog https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/joining-the-conversation/accessed 13 June 2023

Waltermann, A. & H. Marcos, ‘Logic of International Law’ (2023) Law and Globalisation (TEGL) Blog  https://www.lawandglobalisation.nl/logic-of-international-law/ accessed 26 May 2023.

Waltermann, A. & H. Marcos, ‘Logic of International Law’ (2022) Maastricht University Blog https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/blog/2022/12/logic-international-law accessed 28 March 2023.

Working Papers

Marcos, H., A. Waltermann & J. Hage, ‘From Sovereignty to International Cooperation: Lessons from Legal Logic and Social Ontology’ (2021) Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper Series.

Conference Proceedings & Presentations (2020-2025)

Marcos, H, ‘Legal Discretion and Constraining Criteria in Environmental Law of the Sea’, Transformative Effects of Globalization in Law Conference (Maastricht, 2024)

Marcos, H, ‘Discretion in International Law’ Lund University Roundtable/Workshop on Discretion in International Law (Lund, 2024).

Marcos, H, ‘Decoding Discretion in International Environmental Law: A Study of the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change’ Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia (Maastricht, 2024)

Marcos, H, ‘Tech Won’t Save Us - Climate Crisis, International Environmental Law, and Techno-Utopianism’, Narratives, Frontier Technology, and the Law (Maastricht, 2024) 

Marcos, H, ‘Multinaturalism from Below: Indigenous Perspectives for Climate Compliance in International Environmental Law’ Enhancing Compliance with Human Rights from Below in Times of Crisis, Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Hasselt, 2024)

Marcos, H, ‘How to Deal with State Discretion in the Climate Crisis’, Waves of Change: Nurturing Ocean Resilience & Chartering Sustainable Futures (The Maldives, 2024)

Marcos, H, ‘Mapping Discretion in ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion’, Law of the Sea and Climate Change (São Paulo, 2024)

Marcos, H, ‘Escher’s Magic Mirror: Exploring Self-Reference and Recursion in International Law’ Roundtable Law and Popular Culture VI (Maastricht, 2024).

Marcos, H, ‘Can ChatGPT Apply the Law?’, Artificial Intelligence, Law and Philosophy (ALP) Special Workshop at JURIX - the 36th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (Maastricht, 2023).

Marcos, H, & M. Pullin, ‘Large Language Models and EU Data Protection: Mapping (Some) of the Problems’ in Francesca Palmiotto & Francisco de Abreu Duarte (Eds.), Regulating Generative Artificial Intelligence (DigiCon Symposium, 2023).

Marcos, H, ‘Talking Through Crises: What can Reason-Based Data Processing Teach and Learn from Human Rights Law?,’ ICON-S Benelux Inaugural Conference: Crises, Challenges, and the Future of Public Law (Maastricht, 2023).

Marcos, H, ‘Decolonising the Universal Aims of International Law’, in the 15th SOAS Law Colloquium — Law, Rights and Decolonisation, SOAS Law School (London, 2023).

Marcos, H, ‘A Song of Fan Theories and Legal Interpretation’ in the 5th Maastricht University Law and Popular Culture Conference (Maastricht, 2023).

Marcos, H., & Siddiqui, N. A. (2022). The Mainstream and the Intersubjective in International Law: From Objectivity to Imagination. In W. Menezes (Ed.), Direito Internacional em Expansão, vol. XXII (pp. 147-166).

Marcos, H, ‘A Logical Account of the Interaction Between Humanitarian and Human Rights Law’ in The Logic of International Law (Maastricht, 2022).

Marcos, H, ‘Consistency in International Law: Making Sense of a Rule-Based World’ in 1st Münster PhD Conference on Recent Challenges in International and Comparative Public Law (Münster, 2022).

Marcos, H, ‘La Identificación Constitutiva de La Costumbre Internacional de Los Derechos Humanos’ in Congreso Internacional de Investigación Multidisciplinario en Ciencias Jurídicas — Teorias y Prácticas de Las Ciencias Jurídicas en Derechos Humanos: Mitos y Realidades (Ciudad de México, 2022).

Marcos, H, ‘A Reason-Based Approach to Coherence in Customary International Law’ in TRICI-Law Interpretation of Customary International Law: Methods, Interpretative Choices and the Role of Coherence (The Hague, 2021).

Marcos, H, Waltermann, A & Hage, J, ‘From Sovereignty to International Cooperation: Lessons from Legal Logic and Social Ontology’ in Cambridge International Law Journal, National Sovereignty and International Co-operation: The Challenges of Navigating Global Crises (Cambridge, 2021).

Marcos, H, ‘Objectivity in International Legal Research: Troubles with the View from Nowhere’ in Narratives of International Law, Students and Academics Workshop Maastricht University Study Group for Critical Approaches to International Law (Maastricht, 2021).

Marcos, H, ‘Consistency in International Law’ in Globalization & Law Network PhD. Conference (Maastricht, 2021).

Marcos, H, ‘Consistency in International Law’ in Lisbon Legal Theory Group (LxLTG) Permanent Workshop (Lisbon, 2021).

Marcos, H, ‘Consistency in International Law’ in Maastricht Law and Philosophy Graduate Colloquium (Maastricht, 2021).

Marcos, H, ‘Coherence in International Law’ in Rijeka Doctoral Conference (RiDoc), Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE) Conference (Croatia, 2020).

Local & Early-Career Publications

This section includes publications from the initial stages of my career; most are written in Portuguese and published in Brazilian venues.

Books and Edited Volumes

Celso Pereira, A.A., H. Marcos, L. Meneguetti, & P. Oliveira (eds.), A Expansão Sistêmica do Direito Internacional (Arraes Editores, 2023).

Menezes, W. & H. Marcos (eds.), Direito Internacional: Ensino e Pesquisa no Brasil (Arraes Editores, 2022).

Journal Articles

Marcos, H. & Hardman, A. Í. (2021), Propostas Didático-Metodológicas para o Ensino Efetivo de Metodologia de Pesquisa no Curso de Direito: Relato da Experiência “Mentoria de Pesquisa em Direito”, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 49(1), 288-313.

Menezes, W. & Marcos, H. (2020), El Derecho Internacional y la Pandemia: Reflexiones Sistémico-Deontológicas, 8 Cuadernos de Derecho Publico 133.

Menezes, W. & Marcos, H. (2020), O Direito Internacional e a Pandemia: Reflexões Sistêmico-Deontológicas, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 48(2), 43-78.

Guerra, G.R., Marcos, H. & Hardman, A.Í. (2020), De Wuhan ao Planalto Central: Federalismo, Patriotismo Constitucional e o Supremo frente a Covid-19, 4 Revista Jurídica Unicuritiba 278-312.

Marcos, H. & Guerra, G.R. (2020), Foxes in the Henhouse: Legal Critique to the “Jus Bellum Justum” Doctrine for Humanitarian Intervention through the Responsibility to Protect, 2 Revista Jurídica Unicuritiba 47.

Guerra, G.R. & Marcos, H. (2019), Legal Remarks on the Overarching Complexities of Crypto Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, 4 Revista Jurídica Unicuritiba 83-115.

Marcos, H.J.B. & Almeida Neto, L.M. (2019), O Princípio da Efetividade na Cooperação Jurídica Internacional enquanto Norma à Luz do Processo Civil Pragmático, 20 Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual 216-238.

Guerra, G.R. & Marcos, H.J.B. (2019), Análise crítica da teoria dos direitos humanos na obra de Michel Villey, 1 Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).

Guerra, G.R. & Marcos, H.J.B. (2018), O Drible Continental: A Margem de Apreciação Nacional na Decisão de Convencionalidade do Crime de Desacato pelo Superior Tribunal de Justiça, 63 Revista da Faculdade de Direito (UFPR) 169.

Guerra, G.R., Almeida Neto, L.M. & Marcos, H.J.B. (2017), O Processo Civil Pragmático e o Constitucionalismo Dialógico: Pressupostos para uma Discussão sobre Ativismo Judicial, 3 REI - Revista de Estudos Institucionais 649.

Guerra, G.R. & Marcos, H.J.B. (2017), A Santa Aliança Contra-Ataca. Uma Análise Crítica do Globalismo Jurídico Contemporâneo a Partir dos Escritos de Danilo Zolo, XII Brazilian Yearbook of International Law 61.

Book Chapters

Marcos, H., Meneguetti, L., & Oliveira, P. (2023). A Abordagem Sistêmica do Direito Internacional. In A. A. C. Pereira et al. (eds.), A Expansão Sistêmica do Direito Internacional (pp. 513-526).

Marcos, H. (2021). A Study on Defeasibility and Defeaters in International Law: Process or Procedure Distinction Against the Non-Discrimination Rule. In W. Menezes, A. N. Filho, & P. H. R. de Oliveira (Eds.), Tribunais Internacionais e a Garantia dos Direitos Sociais (pp. 199-229).

Marcos, H. (2021). Do Kaiser Wilhelm II ao Presidente Habré: Uma Narrativa Aberta dos Tribunais Internacionais. In Mamadu Seidi (Ed.), Para além do Tribunal Penal Internacional: Por uma Jurisdição Penal Internacional Mista em África (pp. 1-9).

Marcos, H. (2021), Caso Mox Plant: Pluralismo ou Fragmentação do Direito Internacional? 1 Arraes Editores em Revista, 86-87.

Menezes, W., & Marcos, H. (2020). International Law Post-Pandemic. In G. L. O. Salinas (Ed.), The Multidisciplinary Handbook of Before and After Covid-19 (pp. 85-114).

Marcos, H. J. B. & Martinez Borges, G. (2019). When the Levee Breaks: Preliminary Remarks on Activism and Legitimacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System Precautionary Measures Reform. In W. Menezes (Ed.), Tribunais Internacionais e Ativismo Social (pp. 139-156).

Marcos, H. J. B., & Mello Filho, E. C. (2019). Complexidades Jurídicas Relativas à Execução da Lei e ao Uso da Força no Mar. In A. P. Toledo et al. (Eds.), Direito do Mar: Reflexões, Tendências e Perspectivas, vol. 3 (pp. 237-262).

Marcos, H. (2018). The Effectivity of Hybrid International Courts: A Study of the Extraordinary African Chambers in the Hissène Habré Case. In W. Menezes (Ed.), Tribunais Internacionais e Implementação Procedimental de suas Decisões (pp. 197-215).

Marcos, H. (2018), ‘From the Andes to the Alps and Back Again: A Third World Perspective on the Margin of Appreciation Technique Through the Comparison of the Olmedo Bustos v. Chile Case Against the Otto-Preminger Institute v. Austria Case’ in L.M. Maia & Y. Lira (eds), Controle de Convencionalidade - Temas Aprofundados (pp. 319-342).

Marcos, H.J.B., & Oliveira, C.C. (2017). O Mercosul como Mecanismo Coletivo de Proteção dos Direitos Humanos: uma Análise da Vocação Extra-Aduaneira do Bloco Mercado Comum do Sul. In Ferreira, L.F.G. et al. (Eds.), Desafios e Perspectivas da Democracia na América Latina (pp. 1299-1324).

Guerra, G.R., & Marcos, H.J.B. (2016). Intervenção Humanitária à Brasileira: Uma Análise da Responsabilidade ao Proteger. In Campello, L.G.B., & Winter, L.A.C. (Eds.), Direito Internacional dos Direitos Humanos (pp. 132-152).