This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second World War.
Written by leading experts in the fields of international law and international relations, it argues that such interdisciplinary research is central to the creation of a knowledge base among IR scholars and lawyers for the effective analysis and governance of macro and micro phenomena.
International law is at the heart of international relations, but due to challenges of codification and enforceability, its apparent impact has been predominantly limited to commercial and civil arrangements. International lawyers have been saying for years that 'law matters' in international affairs and now current events are proving them right.
International Law and International Relations makes a powerful contribution to the theory and practice of global security by initiating a research agenda, building an empirical base and offering a multidisciplinary approach that provides concrete answers to real-world problems of governance.
This book will be of great interest to all students of international law, international relations and governance.
Author(s): Thomas J. Biersteker, Peter J. Spiro, Chandra Lekha Sriram, Veronica I. Raffo
Series: Contemporary Security Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 332
Tags: Международные отношения;Международные отношения;
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
SERIES-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 8
COPYRIGHT......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 10
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 13
FOREWORD......Page 15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17
1 INTRODUCTION: International law and international politics – old divides, new developments......Page 18
Part I: SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS......Page 42
2 MOVING FORWARD?: Assessing normative and legal progress in dealing with small arms......Page 44
3 SMALL ARMS, VIOLENCE, AND THE COURSE OF CONFLICTS......Page 60
4 COMMENTARY: A WORLD DROWNING IN GUNS......Page 76
Part II: TERRORISM......Page 94
5 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NONSTATE ACTORS, AND TRANSNATIONAL POLITICAL MOBILIZATION: A perspective from International Relations......Page 96
6 CRYING WAR......Page 110
7 PREEMPTION AND EXCEPTION: International law and the revolutionary power......Page 128
8 COMMENTARY: CONVERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: The role of the United Nations......Page 144
Part III: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE......Page 156
9 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS......Page 158
10 COMMENTARY: PRIVATELY GENERATED SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE......Page 183
Part IV: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 196
11 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION: A return to first principles......Page 198
12 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: State collusion and the conundrum of jurisdiction......Page 211
13 WHOSE JUSTICE? RECONCILING UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION WITH DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES......Page 221
14 BRINGING SECURITY BACK IN: International relations theory and moving beyond the “justice versus peace” dilemma in transitional societies......Page 239
15 COMMENTARY: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW AND POLITICS......Page 253
Part V: CONCLUSIONS......Page 262
16 DISAGGREGATING US INTERESTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: Sketching a theory of liberal transnationalism......Page 264
17 NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW COLLABORATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS......Page 283
18 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: From competition to complementarity......Page 295
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 305
INDEX......Page 326
