From apology to utopia : the structure of international legal argument : reissue with a new epilogue / Martti Koskenniemi.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005Description: xix, 683 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521546966
- 0521838061
- 9780521546966
- 9780521838061
- 341
- K302 .K67 2005
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 341 KOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A396879B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-675) and index.
1. Objectivity in international law : conventional dilemmas -- 2. Doctrinal history : the liberal doctrine of politics and international law -- 3. The structure of modern doctrines -- 4. Sovereignty -- 5. Sources -- 6. Custom -- 7. Variations of world order : the structure of international legal argument -- 8. Beyond objectivism.
Presents a critical view of international law as an argumentative practice that aims to "depoliticise" international relations. Drawing from a range of materials, Koskenniemi demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being either an irrelevant moralist Utopia or a manipulable faØ̈Þe for State interests. He examines the conflicts inherent in international law - sources, sovereignty, "custom" and "world order"--And shows how legal discourse about such subjects can be described in terms of a small number of argumentative rules.
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