The Politics of International Law

by Edited by Christian Reus-Smit

• ISBN13: 9780521546713
• ISBN10: 0521546710
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-24
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Politics and law appear deeply entwined in contemporary international relations. Leading scholars accordingly advance a new perspective on the politics of international law in this volume. They redefine the nature of politics and demonstrate how modern politics has conditioned the nature of international law. This new perspective is illustrated through case studies of the use of force, climate change, landmines, migrant rights, the International Criminal Court, the Kosovo bombing campaign, international financial institutions, and global governance.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
Preface	xii
1 Introduction	1	(13)
Christian Reus-Smit
2 The politics of international law	14	(31)
Christian Reus-Smit
3 When states use armed force	45	(35)
Dino Kritsiotis
4 Soft law, hard politics, and the Climate Change Treaty	80	(26)
Robyn Eckersley
5 Emerging customary norms and anti-personnel landmines	106	(25)
Richard Price
6 International law, politics, and migrant rights	131	(20)
Amy Gurowitz
7 The International Criminal Court	151	(38)
David Wippman
8 The Kosovo bombing campaign	189	(28)
Nicholas J. Wheeler
9 International financial institutions	217	(21)
Antony Anghie
10 Law, politics, and international governance	238	(34)
Wayne Sandholtz and Alec Stone Sweet
11 Society, power, and ethics	272	(19)
Christian Reus-Smit
Bibliography	291	(25)
Index	316