The Role of Law in International Politics Essays in International Relations and International Law

by Byers, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780198268871
• ISBN10: 0198268874
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This important book contains original essays by eighteen of the world's leading scholars and practitioners of international relations and international law. Together they examine the role that international law plays in international politics at the turn of the century.

Author Biography

Michael Byers is Associate Professor at Duke University Law School

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(4)
Michael Byers
The Importance of International Law	5	(12)
Sir Arthur Watts
Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau, and the Image of Law in International Relations	17	(18)
Martti Koskenniemi
How Do Norms Matter?	35	(34)
Friedrich V. Kratochwil
The Concept of International Law	69	(22)
Philip Allott
Emerging Patterns of Governance and International Law	91	(18)
Stephen J. Toope
Domestic Politics and International Resources: What Role for International Law?	109	(22)
Eyal Benvenisti
Human Rights and the Politics of Representation: Is There a Role for International Law?	131	(18)
Christine Chinkin
Politics and Human Rights: An Essential Symbiosis	149	(28)
Makau Wa Mutua
Governing the Global Economy through Government Networks	177	(30)
Anne-Marie Slaughter
The Politics of Law-Making: Are the Method and Character of Norm Creation Changing?	207	(20)
Vaughan Lowe
Regulating the International Economy: What Role for the State?	227	(20)
Edward Kwakwa
How to Regulate Globalization?	247	(22)
Brigitte Stern
The Role of the United Nations Security Council in the International Legal System	269	(8)
Marc Perrin De Brichambaut
The Functions of the United Nations Security Council in the International Legal System	277	(38)
Vera Gowlland-Debbas
The Limits of the Security Council's Powers and its Functions in the International Legal System: Some Reflections	315	(12)
Georg Nolte
Conclusion: International Law and the Changing Constitution of International Society	327	(22)
Andrew Hurrell
Index	349