Review of General Theory of International Law (Ed. By S. Wiessner).
Title | Review of General Theory of International Law (Ed. By S. Wiessner). PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Castleberry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 5 |
Release | 2019 |
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In General Theory of International Law, Siegfried Wiessner presents a selection of specifically American general theories of and about international law, written by the theorists themselves. Included are American Legal Realism, the New Haven School of Jurisprudence, International and Transnational Legal Process, Liberal Theories of International Law, and theories that link to social sciences, including Law and Economics, Critical Legal Studies, LatCrit, TWAIL, and feminist approaches. The range of these works covers the very concept of international law, its justification, the struggle between formalism and experience, various theories of legitimacy and fairness, the law's effectiveness, empirical analysis, critiques from the margins and the center, and approaches to its improvement. Wiessner's Introduction provides context by placing this selection of American theories into historical context, threading together the sequence and interrelation of their development in the midst of contemporaneous political and philosophical movements, and critically appraising them. This book brilliantly elucidates America's prophetic and reformist role in international law theory. This is no surprise in light of Wiessner's description of America's vision of itself as a leader of thought, the star of that “shining city on a hill.” America is the nonconformist, revolutionary, and scrutinizer of what is beneath the façade precisely because of this vision and its quest to determine what roles America should play on the international front.
General Theory of International Law
Title | General Theory of International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Siegfried Wiessner |
Publisher | Brill Nijhoff |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | International law |
ISBN | 9789004338456 |
This introductory volume to the series of American Classics in International Law is intended to present, put into context, and critically appraise specifically American general theories of and about international law. Those frameworks of ideas include the very concept of international law, its justification, the struggle between formalism and experience, various theories of legitimacy and fairness, the law's effectiveness, empirical analysis, critiques from the margins and the center, and approaches to its improvement. Particular focus is on American Legal Realism, the New Haven School of Jurisprudence, International and Transnational Legal Process, liberal theories of international law, linkages to social sciences, including Law and Economics, Critical Legal Studies, LatCrit, TWAIL, and feminist approaches to the discipline.
The International Legal System as a System of Knowledge
Title | The International Legal System as a System of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Linderfalk, Ulf |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 263 |
Release | 2022-10-25 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1839105585 |
International law is an underdeveloped branch of legal research: researchers still disagree over the proper understanding of several of its most fundamental issues, and genuinely so. This book helps to explain why. It brings clarity that will no doubt make international legal research more rational, which in turn vouches for a more productive legal discourse.
International Law as a Belief System
Title | International Law as a Belief System PDF eBook |
Author | Jean d'Aspremont |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 179 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108421873 |
Offers a new perspective on international law and international legal argumentation: to what event is international law a belief system?
Formalism and the Sources of International Law
Title | Formalism and the Sources of International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Jean d'Aspremont |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 1494 |
Release | 2013-05-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0191504831 |
This book revisits the theory of the sources of international law from the perspective of formalism. It critically analyses the virtues of formalism, construed as a theory of law ascertainment, as a means of distinguishing between law and non-law. The theory of formalism is re-evaluated against the backdrop of the growing acceptance by international legal theorists of the blurring of the lines between law and non-law. At the same time, the book acknowledges that much international normative activity nowadays takes place outside the ambit of traditional international law and that only a limited part of the exercise of public authority at the international level results in the creation of international legal rules. The theory of ascertainment that the book puts forward attempts to dispel some of the illusions of formalism that accompany the traditional sources of international law. It also sheds light on the tendency of scholars, theorists, and advocates to deformalize the identification of international legal rules with a view to expanding international law. The book seeks to revitalize and refresh the formal identification of rules by engaging with some tenets of the postmodern critique of formalism. As a result, the book not only grapples with the practice of law-making at the international level, but it also offers broad theoretical insights on international law, dealing with the main schools of thought in legal theory (positivism, naturalism, legal realism, policy-oriented jurisprudence, and postmodernism). This paperback edition features the author's discussion of this book on the EJIL Talk blog.
International Law
Title | International Law PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm David Evans |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 949 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199654670 |
Clearly and accessibly written, this new text provides a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of international law and covers subjects including the history, theories and sources of international law, as well as current areas of interest such as international criminal law.
Review of Theory of International Law
Title | Review of Theory of International Law PDF eBook |
Author | John Newbold Hazard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 4 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | International law |
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