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The law of international lawyers : reading Martti Koskenniemi /

"For decades, Martti Koskenniemi has not just been an influential writer in international law; his work has caused a significant shift in the direction of the field. This book engages with some of the core questions that have animated Koskenniemi's scholarship so far. Its chapters attest t...

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Other Authors: Werner, W. G. (Wouter G.), 1966- (Editor), Hoon, Marieke de (Editor), Galán, Alexis (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the law of international lawyers Wouter Werner, Marieke De Hoon and Alexis Galan; 1. What moves law? Martti Koskenniemi and transcendence in international law Gregor Noll; 2. Formalism, realism and the politics of indeterminacy David Dyzenhaus; 3. Settling disputes: a matter of politics and law Nigel D. White; 4. Form meets function: the culture of formalism and international environmental regimes Jaye Ellis; 5. Martti Koskenniemi on human rights: an empirical perspective Eric A. Posner; 6. The rule of law in an agnostic world: the prohibition on the use of force and humanitarian exceptions Jutta Brunnee and Stephen J. Toope; 7. The space between us: law, teleology and the new orientalism of counterdisciplinarity Nikolas M. Rajkovic; 8. The critical subject Sahib Singh; 9. Practicing law: Spoudaios, professional, expert, or 'Macher'? Reflections on the changing nature of an occupation Friedrich Kratochwil; 10. Thinking about what international humanitarian lawyers 'do': an examination of the laws of war as a field of professional practice Frederic Megret; 11. International law and the limits of history Anne Orford; 12. Even the dead will not be safe: international law and the struggle over tradition Andrew Lang and Susan Marks; 13. Martti Koskenniemi and the historiography of international law in the age of the war on terror Samuel Moyn; 14. Martti Koskenniemi's critique of Eurocentrism in international law Liliana Obregon; Epilogue: to enable and enchant: epilogue on the power of law Martti Koskenniemi.