Luckner, K; Fikfak, V; (2021) Applications of ABM in International Legal Research The Case of Compliance. In: Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Agent-based Modeling and Policy-Making (AMPM2021). CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org): Virtual Event, Vulnius, Lithuania.

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Abstract

Agent-based modeling has been largely overlooked in international legal research, even though it could be used to gain insights into the highly complex processes of state behavior relevant to international law that can only be insufficiently addressed with other methods. On the basis of a concrete application – state compliance with European Court of Human Rights judgments - we show the applicability of agent-based modeling to international legal research. We discuss its implications for two levels of analysis: (1) understanding the drivers of state behavior, which contributes to the international law research with unitary state actors at its center, and (2) within state dynamics and their influence during the compliance process, which breaks the black box of the state. Agent-based models addressing the questions that arise on these levels can take a variety of shapes. We provide one line of thought on the set-up of an agent-based model for each of the two levels of analysis and discuss expected difficulties. Finally, we provide an outlook on how these aspects might come together in exploring how compliance rates can be bettered.

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