The Limits of International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-531417-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

The Limits of International Law argues that international law matters but that its scope and significance is far less than assumed by academics, the media, and many public officials. Adopting a rational choice framework, the authors show that international law is a term that we use to refer to variously circumscribed cases of international cooperation. States are able to cooperate through international law but only under narrow conditions; much of international law merely ratifies existing relationships, and has no independent normative force. Indeed, recent efforts to replace international politics with law and judicial process rests on a misunderstanding of the past accomplishments of international law. The Limits of International Law will have important implications for debates about the role of international law in the foreign policy of the United States and other nations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldsmith, Jack L.

Posner, Eric A.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- Part I: Customary International Law

- 2: A Theory of Customary International Law

- 3: Case Studies

- Part II: Treaties

- 4: A Theory of International Agreements

- 5: Human Rights

- 6: International Trade

- Part III: Rhetoric, Morality, and International Law

- 7: A Theory of International Rhetoric

- 8: International Law and Moral Obligation

- 9: Liberal Democracy and Cosmopolitan Duty

- 10: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jack L. Goldsmith is Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law, Harvard University. He is co-author of Who Controls the Internet? and the casebooks Foreign Relations Law and Conflicts of Laws.

Eric A. Posner is Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, University of Chicago. He is the co-author of Terror in the Balance and the editor of the Journal of Legal Studies.