The Riddle of All Constitutions: International Law, Democracy, and a Critique of Ideology

ISBN-13: 9780198267980 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 176 str.

Susan Marks

Opis

Drawing on an broad range of source material, Marks examines current debates about the emergence of an international legal norm of democratic governance, ' and considers how proposals for such a norm might be rearticulated to meet some of the concerns they provoke. She also uses these debates to illustrate some more general points about approaches to the study of international law. In doing so, she seeks to defend an approach to international legal scholarship that takes its cue from the tradition of ideology critique.

Recenzje

Susan Marks presents a trenchant review of the arguments concerning the emergence of a "norm of democratic governance"...Marks' critique of contemporary writing is exceptionally clear and elegant...it is a sheer delight to read the work of a scholar who approaches her material with humility and a simple determination to engage with it and with her readers. For that alone this book would deserve the highest praise, as a substantial and significant contribution to the contemporary debate. But it also makes a substantial contribution to the literature...there can be no doubt that this book has moved the debate along considerably, and in great style.

O autorze

Susan Marks is a lecturer in law at Cambridge University