The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

by Anne Orford (Editor), Florian Hoffmann (Editor)

Overview

The Oxford Handbook of International Legal Theory provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the major thinkers, concepts, approaches, and debates that have shaped contemporary international legal theory. The Handbook features 48 original essays by leading international scholars from a wide range of traditions, nationalities, and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of this dynamic field. The collection explores key questions and debates in international legal theory, offers new intellectual histories for the discipline, and provides fresh interpretations of significant historical figures, texts, and theoretical approaches. It provides a much-needed map of the field of international legal theory, and a guide to the main themes and debates that have driven theoretical work in international law. The Handbook will be an indispensable reference work for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to gain an overview of current theoretical debates about the nature, function, foundations, and future role of international law.

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ISBN-13:	9780191005565
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	09/22/2016
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1000
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About the Author

Edited by Anne Orford, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and Edited by Florian Hoffmann, Professor of Law, Pontif cia Universidade Cat lica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Martin Clark, Research Fellow and Tutor at the Melbourne School of Law

Table of Contents

Introduction
Theorizing International Law Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann:
Part I: Histories
1: Matthew Craven: Theorizing the Turn to History in International Law
2: Randall Lesaffer: Roman Law and the Intellectual History of International Law
3: Martti Koskenniemi: Transformations of Natural Law: Germany 1648-1815
4: Martine Julia Van Ittersum: Hugo Grotius: The Making of a Founding Father of International Law
5: Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet: The Critique Of Classical Thought During the Interwar Period: Vattel And Van Vollenhoven
6: Umut zsu: The Ottoman Empire, the Origins of Extraterritoriality, and International Legal Theory
7: Teemu Ruskola: China in the Age of the World Picture
8: Antony Anghie: Imperialism And International Legal Theory
9: M nica Garc a-Salmones: Early Twentieth Century Positivism Revisited
10: Jochen von Bersnstorff: Hans Kelsen and the Return of Universalism
11: Robert Howse: Schmitt, Schmitteanism and contemporary International Legal Theory
12: Deborah Whitehall: Hannah Arendt and International Legal Theory
13: Lauri M lksoo: International Legal Theory in Russia: A Civilizational Perspective, or can Individuals be Subjects of International Law?
Part II: Approaches
14: Geoff Gordon: Natural Law in International Legal Theory: Linear and Dialectical Presentations
15: Robert Knox: Marxist Approaches to International Law
16: Oliver J tersonke: Realist Approaches to International Law
17: Oliver Kessler: Constructivism and the Politics of International Law
18: Peter Goodrich: The International Signs Law
19: Samantha Besson: Moral Philosophy and International Law
20: J rg Kammerhofer: International Legal Positivism
21: Hengameh Saberi: Yale's Policy Science and International Law: Between Legal Formalism and the Policy Conceptualism
22: Dan Danielsen: International Law and Economics: Letting Go of 'The Normal' in Pursuit of an Ever-Elusive Real
23: Daniel Joyce: Liberal Internationalism
24: Dianne Otto: Feminist Approaches to International Law
25: Wouter Werner and Geoff Gordon: Kant, Cosmopolitanism, and International Law
26: Benedict Kingsbury, Megan Donaldson And Rodrigo Vallejo: Global Administrative Law And Deliberative Democracy
Part III: Regimes and Doctrines
27: Jean d'Aspremont: Towards a New Theory of Sources in International Law
28: Gerry Simpson: Something to do With States
29: Rose Parfitt: Theorizing Recognition and International Personality
30: Gregor Noll: Theorizing Jurisdiction
31: Jan Klabbers: Theorizing International Organizations
32: Fleur Johns: Theorizing The Corporation In International Law
33: Dino Kritsiotis: Theorizing International Law on force and intervention
34: Ben Golder: Theorizing Human Rights
35: Anne Orford: Theorizing Free Trade
36: Sarah Nouwen: International Criminal Law: Theory All Over The Place
37: Fr d ric M gret: Theorizing The Laws of War
38: Vasuki Nesiah: Theorizing Transitional Justice: Cashing in the Blue Chips
39: Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo,: Theorizing International Environmental Law
40: Kerry Rittich: Theorizing International Law and Development
41: Outi Korhonen and Toni Selk l : Theorizing Responsibility
42: Horatia Muir Watt: Theorizing Private International Law
43: Chantal Thomas: Transnational Migration, Globalization, and Governance: Theorizing a Crisis
Part IV: Debates
44: Reut Paz: Religion, Secularism, and International Law
45: Thomas Skouterist: The Idea of Progress
46: Florian Hoffmann: International Legalism and International Politics
47: Jason Beckett: Creating Poverty
48: Anne Peters: Fragmentation and Constitutionalization
Part I: Introduction
1. International Law: Theory and Practice
Part II: Histories
2. Theorising the Turn to History in International Law, Matthew Craven
3. Roman Law and the Intellectual History of International Law, Randall Lesaffer
4. Hugo Grotius: The Making of a Founding Father of International Law, Martine Julia van Ittersum
5. Transformations of Natural Law: Germany 1648-1815, Martti Koskenniemi
6. Emer de Vattel and Modern International Law, Emmanuelle Jouannet
7. The Ottoman Empire, the Origins of Extraterritoriality, and International Legal Theory, Umut Ozsu
8. China and the Making of Modern International Law, Teemu Ruskola
9. Early Twentieth Century Positivism Revisited, Monica Garcia-Salmones
10. Hans Kelsen and the Return of Universalism, Jochen von Bersnstorff
11. The Schmittian Legacy in International Law, Robert Howse
12. Hannah Arendt and International Legal Theory, Deborah Whitehall
13. Imperialism and International Legal Theory, Antony Anghie
14. International Legal Theory in Russia: A Civilizational Perspective, or Can Individiuals be Subjects of International Law?, Lauri Malksoo
Part III: Approaches
15. Natural Law in International Legal Theory: Linear and Dialectical Presentations, Geoff Gordon
16. Hermeneutics of International law, Alexandra Gordon
17. Marxist Theories of International Law, Robert Knox
18. Realist Approaches to International Law, Oliver Jutersonke
19. Constructivist Approaches to International Law, Oliver Kessler
20. International Law and the Visual: The International Signs Law, Peter Goodrich
21. Moral Philosophy and International Law, Samantha Besson
22. International Legal Positivism, Jorg Kammerhofer
23. Yale's Policy Science and International Law, Hengameh Saberi
24. Global Administravie Law, Benedict Kingbury, Megan Donaldson, Rodrigo Vallejo
25. International Law and Economics, Dan Danielsen
26. Liberal Internationalism, Daniel Joyce
27. Kant, Cosmopolitanism, and International Law, Wouter Werner, Geoff Gordon
28. Feminist Approaches to International Law, Dianne Otto
Part IV: Doctrines
29. Towards a New Theory of Sources in International Law, Jean d'Aspremont
30. Something To Do With States, Gerry Simpson
31. Theorising Recognition and International Personality, Rose Parfitt
32. Theorising Responsibility in International Law, Outi Korhonen , Toni Selkala
33. Theorising Jurisdiction, Gregor Noll
34. Theorising International law and the Resort to Force, Dino Kritsiotis
35. Theorising International Criminal Law, Sarah Nouwen
36. The Laws of War, Frederic Megret
37. Theorising Human Rights, Ben Golder
38. Theorising Transitional Justice: Cashing in the Blue Chips, Vasuki Nesiah
39. Theorising International Environmental Law, Stephen Humphreys, Yoriko Otomo,
40. Theorising International Law and Development, Kerry Rittich
41. Theorising the Regulation of Global Financial Markets, Annelise Riles
42. Theorising the Corporation in International Law, Fleur Johns
43. Theorising International Organisations, Jan Klabbers
44. Theorising Private International Law, Horatia Muir Watt
45. Theorising International Law and Migration, Chantal Thomas
Part V: Debates
46. Religion, Secularism and International Law, Reut Paz
47. Explaining and Understanding Compliance with International Law, Jens Meierhenrich
48. International Law and the Politics of Critique, Anne Orford
49. International Law and Progress, Thomas Skouteris
50. International Legalism and International Politics, Florian Hoffmann
51. Inequality, Emerging Powers, and International Legal Theory, Andrew Hurrell, Mihaela Papa
52. Poverty and International Law, Jason Beckett
53. Fragmentation and Constitutionalisation, Anne Peters

Editorial Reviews

"a must-have for everyone ready to go beyond the mere application of the law. ... the Oxford Handbook's chapters certainly provide a valuable reading experience." — Ralph Janik, Austrian Review of International and European Law

"A composite reading of the statist, naturalist, and transnational approaches in the Handbook lead to a counter-intuitive conclusion that international economic law is the mother of public international law. The Handbook offers us the timely opportunity of confirming our convictions as well as hearing voices that we ignore because of our own professional preoccupations and epistemological locations." - Prabhakar Singh, Jindal Global Law School, The European Journal of International Law

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