| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. Society: A. The origins of law -- B. The discernment of law -- 2. Myth: A. In quest of objectivity -- B. The struggle for justice -- 3. Reason: A. Theoretical reason -- B. Practical reason -- 4. De- and remythologizing international law: A. Epistemology -- B. Doctrines -- C. Communication -- 5. Players: A. Global governance -- B. States -- C. Non-state players -- D. Disaggregating international legal persoanlity -- 6. Rules: A. Source of law -- B. Law-making -- C. Judicial and quasi-judicial decision-making -- D. Compilance, implementation, and enforcement -- 7. Values: A. Inspiring values -- B. Competing values -- 8. Remedies: A. Sovereignty as responsibility -- B. Collective and personal remedies |
| Summary |
The book distils and articulates international law as a social construct. It does so by analysing its social foundations, essence, and roots in practical and socially workable (as opposed to 'pure') reason. In addition to well-known doctrines of jurisprudence and international law, it draws upon psycho-analytic insights into the origins and nature of law, as well as philosophical social constructivism. The work suggests that seeing law as a social construct is crucial to ourunderstanding of international law and to the struggle to create better working rules. The book re-conceptualizes both past and new doctrines of international law as 'constructs', namely, as strategies of concomitantly de-mythologizing and re-mythologizing international law. Key areas of international law, including subjects, sources, hierarchy, values, and remedies, are shown to be part of this process. The social impact on international law of transnational actors and stakeholders, normative fragmentation, global justice, legitimacy of both rules and players, dynamics andhierarchization of norms, compliance and implementation in municipal law is also extensively investigated. Five basic values of the international community, namely security, humanity, wealth, environment, and knowledge, are explored by stressing their inter- and intra-tensions. Finally, the analysis isextended to the role that international courts play in the prosecution of heads of state and other transnational players who violate international law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Civil rights.
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Human rights.
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Social rights.
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Sovereignty.
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Globalization.
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Economic rights.
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sovereignty.
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globalism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Economic rights.
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Civil rights.
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Globalization.
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Human rights.
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Social rights.
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Sovereignty.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191632181 |
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019163218X |
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9780191741012 |
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0191741019 |
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1283581507 |
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9781283581509 |
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