The Spirit of International Law

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University of Georgia Press, 25 янв. 2010 г. - Всего страниц: 296

As our society becomes more global, international law is taking on an increasingly significant role, not only in world politics but also in the affairs of a striking array of individuals, enterprises, and institutions. In this comprehensive study, David J. Bederman focuses on international law as a current, practical means of regulating and influencing international behavior. He shows it to be a system unique in its nature—nonterritorial but secular, cosmopolitan, and traditional. Part intellectual history and part contemporary review, The Spirit of International Law ranges across the series of cyclical processes and dialectics in international law over the past five centuries to assess its current prospects as a viable legal system.

After addressing philosophical concerns about authority and obligation in international law, Bederman considers the sources and methods of international lawmaking. Topics include key legal actors in the international system, the permissible scope of international legal regulation (what Bederman calls the "subjects and objects" of the discipline), the primitive character of international law and its ability to remain coherent, and the essential values of international legal order (and possible tensions among those values). Bederman then measures the extent to which the rules of international law are formal or pragmatic, conservative or progressive, and ignored or enforced. Finally, he reflects on whether cynicism or enthusiasm is the proper attitude to govern our thoughts on international law.

Throughout his study, Bederman highlights some of the canonical documents of international law: those arising from famous cases (decisions by both international and domestic tribunals), significant treaties, important diplomatic correspondence, and serious international incidents. Distilling the essence of international law, this volume is a lively, broad, thematic summation of its structure, characteristics, and main features.

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1 Authority and Obligation
1
2 Sources
27
3 Methods and Approaches
49
4 Subjects and Objects
79
5 Coherence and Sophistication
94
6 Values and Paradoxes
110
7 Confines
139
8 Formalism and Pragmatism
162
9 Enforcement and Compliance
186
10 Rectitude and Ambition
204
11 Skepticism and Exuberance
221
Notes
227
Index
257
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DAVID J. BEDERMAN was a professor of law at Emory University. His books include International Law in Antiquity and International Law Frameworks.

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