Talking International Law: Legal Argumentation Outside the Courtroom

ISBN-13: 9780197588437 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 376 str.

Ian Johnstone; Steven Ratner

Recenzje

Talking International Law brilliantly addresses the puzzle why and to what effect legal arguments are used outside the courtroom in international law. The book describes how references to international law are all-pervasive in world politics, from inter-state negotiations to proceedings of international organizations including the various UN bodies. "Legal arguments even show up in the discourses of non-state actors, from human rights organizations to rebel groups. But the book does not just describe these discourses, it also explores the "who," "how," and "to what effect." It integrates a whole set of theoretical approaches, from legal theory to political theory to international relations. A "Must Read!" for anybody concerned with international law, international norms, theories of deliberation, and with world politics in general." -Thomas Risse, Professor of International Politics, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

O autorze

Ian Johnstone is Professor of International Law at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has served as Dean ad interim and as Academic Dean of the School. Prior to joining Fletcher in 2000, Johnstone served in the United Nations' Office of the Secretary-General. He has held Visiting Professor positions at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and at New York University School of Law. He has served on the editorial boards of Global Governance and International Organizations Law Review. Steven R. Ratner is the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and the Director of the University of Michigan Donia Human Rights Center. His research addresses a range of issues in international law, including linkages with political philosophy and international relations theory. He has served in U.S. State Department's Office of the Legal Adviser, on expert panels of the UN Secretary-General addressing atrocities in Sri Lanka and Cambodia, in the legal division of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and on the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law.