The Limits of International Law

Jack L. Goldsmith, Eric A. Posner

262 pages, parution le 16/03/2005

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Résumé

Well-known and respected authors dispute the conventional legal understanding of international law--a powerful challenge to those who seek to use international law to solve the world's problems
Controversially claims that international law is too weak to improve the world in any significant way and that it primarily reflects the interests of powerful states
It integrates the study of international law with the realities of international politics, making it an ideal choice for study in both law schools and public policy graduate programs

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.

L'auteur - Jack L. Goldsmith

Jack L. Goldsmith is Professor of Law, Harvard University. He is the author of the casebooks Foreign Relations Law and Conflict of Laws.

L'auteur - Eric A. Posner

Eric A. Posner is Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law, University of Chicago. He is the author of Law and Social Norms and the editor of the Journal of Legal Studies.

Sommaire

Introduction
Customary International Law
- A Theory of Customary International Law
- Case Studies
Treaties
- A Theory of International Agreements
- Human Rights
- International Trade
Rhetoric, Morality, and International Law
- A Theory of International Rhetoric
- International Law and Moral Obligation
- Liberal Democracy and Cosmopolitan Duty
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Jack L. Goldsmith, Eric A. Posner
Parution	16/03/2005
Nb. de pages	262
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	505g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780195168396
ISBN13	978-0-19-516839-6