International Law's Objects

by Hohmann, Jessie; Joyce, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780191858642
• ISBN10: 0191858641
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2019-02-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Jessie Hohmann, Lecturer in Law, QMUL, ,Daniel Joyce, Lecturer in Law, UNSW Australia,

Dr. Hohmann is a lecturer in law at Queen Mary, University of London. She researches in the areas of human rights and international law, with particular interests in how human rights push at the normative limits of international law. She has written a book on The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities (Hart, 2013, paperback 2014) which was shortlisted for the SLS prize. She also researches on indigenous rights. Her publications have considered the role of icons in human rights struggles, and how visions of social transformation connect with legal regulations and rights.

Dr. Joyce is a lecturer in law at UNSW Australia. He researches in the areas of international law and media law. His publications have considered the role of representation and of the media in shaping international law, as well as focusing on the evidentiary and historical aspects of international legal processes and institutions. At UNSW Law he lectures in the compulsory subject Law in a Global Context and offers elective subjects in media law and media and human rights. He is currently acting convenor for the international law stream within the Faculty of Law and co-ordinator for the postgraduate workshop of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law.

Table of Contents

Introduction Jessie Hohmann and Daniel Joyce
Thinking International Law through Objects
1. International Law's Cabinet of Curiosities, Dan Joyce
2. The Lives of Objects, Jessie Hohmann
3. Things We Can Make and Do with International Law, Fleur Johns
4. Saying and Showing, Wouter Werner
5. The Objects of Study, Isobel Roele
Objects of International Law
1. African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, Nicole De Silva
2. AIDS Virus, Therese Murphy
3. Armed Drone, Ioannis Kalpouzos
4. Axum Stele, Lucas Lixinski
5. Barcelona Traction Share, Filippo Fontanelli and Giuseppe Bianco
6. Boots (on the Ground), Kimberley Trapp
7. Border Check Point, the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria, Francois Finck
8. Breton Road Signs, Jacqueline Mowbray
9. Chicotte, Anne-Charlotte Martineau
10. Data: the Given, Stephen Humphreys
11. Dechiqueteuse (Papershredder), Immi Tallgren
12. Gavel, James Parker
13. 'Good Urban Citizen', Helmut Aust
14. Glyphosate, Allesandra Arcuri
15. Insulae Moluccae: A Dutch East India Company Map, Kate Miles
16. Jolly Roger, Ziv Bohrer
17. Manganese Nodules, Surabhi Ranganathan
18. Mosul Four and Iran Six, Alex Mills
19. NM 68226 84912; TQ 30052 80597, Gerry Simpson
20. One Tonne of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (1tCO2e), Julia Dehm
21. Opium, Jessie Hohmann
22. Paintings of International Law's Textbooks, Jean D'Aspremont and Eric De Brabandere
23. Passport, Sarah Dehm
24. Peace Sign, La Comunidad de Paz de San JoseCO de Apartado3, Thomas McManus
25. Postcard from the ICTY, Sophie Rigney
26. Purse Seine Net, Andrew Lang
27. Railway Clocks, Geoff Gordon
28. Refugee Chains, Alison Kesby
29. Russian Flag at the North Pole, Rosemary Rayfuse
30. Screen, Christine Schwobel-Patel and Wouter Werner
31. Ships' Ballast, Lolita Buckner-Inniss
32. Somali Pirate Skiff, Doug Guilfoyle
33. Sovereign Mark of the Roi Ne-Do'ucoula, King of Boma, Tanja Aalberts
34. Stained Glass Windows, the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, Daniel Litwin
35. Sugar, Michael Fakhri
36. Treaty Canoe, Ruth Buchanan and Jeff Hewitt
37. Trees, Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli
38. USAID Rice - Haiti, Charlie Peevers
39. Western Sahara Boundary, Jeffrey Smith
40. Whale, Malgosia Fitzmaurice