A collection of essays on the various aspects of the legal sources of international law, including theories of the origin of international law, explanation of its binding force, normative hierarchies and the relation of international law and politics.
A collection of essays on the various aspects of the legal sources of international law, including theories of the origin of international law, explan...
Drawing from a range of materials, Martti Koskenniemi demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being either an irrelevant moralist Utopia or a manipulable facade for State interests. He examines the conflicts inherent in international law--sources, sovereignty, 'custom' and 'world order--and shows how legal discourse about such subjects can be described in terms of a small number of argumentative rules. Originally published in English in Finland in 1989, this reissue includes a newly written Epilogue by the author.
Drawing from a range of materials, Martti Koskenniemi demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being eit...
Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late 19th century, and its subsequent decline after the Second World War. He combines legal analysis, historical and political critique and semi-biographical studies of key figures, including Hersch Lauterpacht, Carl Schmitt and Hans Morgenthau. Finally, his discussion of legal and political realism at American law schools ends in a critique of post-1960 "instrumentalism." This wide-ranging study provides a unique reflection on the future of critical international law.
Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late 19th century, and its subsequent decline after...
Today, international law is everywhere. Wars are declared and conducted in its name, and in its name rights are both protected and renounced. It is also international law which determines who owns and uses the world's scarcest resources. Thus, international law is part of a dangerous and unjust world - a part of how we are governed globally. But, it can also be used to challenge aspects of this world and to give voice to projects which seek to transform the institutions of global governance. In this collection of essays, Professor Martti Koskenniemi - a well known practitioner and one of the...
Today, international law is everywhere. Wars are declared and conducted in its name, and in its name rights are both protected and renounced. It is al...
The debate about the relationship between international and community law usually centres on the question of which of these two "belongs" to the other, and how "special" community legal order is in relation to international law. In this volume, a distinguished group of Finnish and British academics and practitioners have attempted to steer clear of this arena, and have sought to clearly examine the international law aspects of the activities of the Community and the Union. Their aim has been to elucidate points of connection and possible points of conflict. The result is a thought-provoking...
The debate about the relationship between international and community law usually centres on the question of which of these two "belongs" to the other...
