A landscape of contemporary theories of international law /

A landscape of contemporary theories of international law / / by Emmanuel Roucounas.

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This rich and remarkable volume offers an overview of the most important schools, movements and trends which make up the theoretical landscape of contemporary international law, as well as the works of over 500 authors. It moves beyond generalization and examines how the relevant literature deals wi...

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Roukounas, Emmanouēl I.,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (731 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Essential elements :introduction
  • Thoughts on the impact of theory on international law
  • Important elements in the making of theory
  • Adumbrations of the theoretical adventure
  • Traceability of antecedents to current scholarship
  • Regional and national traditions
  • Self-referential international law and the compelling need to also listen to other's voices
  • Concluding remarks
  • Enduring and new schools, movements and trends : introduction
  • Basic orientations
  • Other approaches
  • Universal, plural, relative
  • Further explorations
  • Sociological aspects of international law theories
  • Concluding remarks 261
  • Where is the international community or society?
  • Ontological and post-ontological discourses
  • General (or grand) theories of international law and general international law
  • Legal basis of international obligations
  • Legitimacy
  • Compliance
  • Unity and universality
  • Fragmentation
  • The issue of jurisdiction and competence
  • Fictions: international law possibly contains the most ficticious norms than any other legal system
  • Hegemonic power and unilateralism
  • The international dimension of the rule of law
  • Normativity forming an integral part of international law
  • Concluding remarks
  • The "users" of international law : moving beyond doctrinal controversies on "subjects", non-state actors" and "participants"
  • The state
  • International organizations
  • "Individuals" and other private persons
  • Law-making
  • Expanding the products and modes of fabrication
  • Relationship between norms
  • Interpretation
  • Concluding remarks
  • Interrogations and expectations
  • A skeleton meeting of minds
  • Concluding remarks
  • Final conclusions : the choristers' performances.

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