Conceptual (Re)Constructions of International Law

Name: Conceptual (Re)Constructions of International Law
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781800372993
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Author: Kostiantyn Gorobets; Andreas Hadjigeorgiou; Pauline Westerman
ISBN: 9781800372993

Edited by Kostiantyn Gorobets · Andreas Hadjigeorgiou · Pauline Westerman

Edward Elgar Publishing December 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781800372993
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: December 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This timely book considers the ways in which international law, unlike domestic law, does not make itself known in a formalized, hierarchical structure, but needs to be conceptually (re)constructed by the participants and observers, out of a variety of practices and other elements. It explores such constructions, as well as how these images can be deconstructed and reconstructed.

Bringing together contributions from expert scholars from a range of disciplines, from philosophy to international law scholars and practitioners, this book contrasts constructive, deconstructive, and reconstructive perspectives of international law. Discussions on the topics are encouraged by eliciting responses from contributors on each other’s work. Throughout the book, chapters provide complementary views of key international legal concepts such as custom, legal interpretation, authority and sovereignty.

Providing a framework that gives room to different disciplines, Conceptual (Re)Constructions of International Law will be a key resource for practitioners as well as scholars in the fields of legal philosophy, (international) legal theory and public international law.

Introduction; Kostiantyn Gorobets, Andreas Hadjigeorgiou and Pauline Westerman; PART I. CONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW; 1.
The interaction of doctrine and theory in (international) legal scholarship: Jörg Kammerhofer; 2. Legal scholarship as design: A comment on Kammerhofer; Pauline Westerman; 3. The Oxford Jurisprudence Circle: A lost legacy on customary (international) law; Andreas Hadjigeorgiou; 4. The Oxford Jurisprudence Circle’s lost legacy: Transformational discovery or historical curiosity? Reply; to Andreas Hadjigeorgiou; David Lefkowitz; 5. Fragile, nascent, and in critical condition: Dworkin on international law; David Lefkowitz; 6. Hercules goes abroad: Lefkowitz and Dworkin on the liberal foundations of international law; Aaron Fichtelberg; PART II. DECONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW; 7. From decay to renewal in international law: Is a philosophy of international law possible?; Anthony Carty; 8. Are states entities that exist prior to and outside (customary) international law? A reply to Prof. Carty; Andreas Hadjigeorgiou; 9. Appraisal of diversity in international law: A note on self-serving biases and interdisciplinarity; Maiko Meguro; 10. On international law on language: observations from constructivism: A reply to Maiko Meguro; Tamar Megiddo; 11. Opinio juris: test, filter, ideal or map?; Pauline Westerman; 12. The myth of ‘identification’: Customary international law and international courts; Maiko Meguro; PART III. RECONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW; 13. Rootless sovereignty: Methods and foundations in International law; Aaron Fichtelberg; 14. What should be the intellectual tasks of international lawyers in abnormal times? A reply to Aaron Fichtelberg; Anthony Carty; 15. Peaks and valleys: Contemplating the authority of international law; Kostiantyn Gorobets; 16. Wherefore ‘authority’? International law and the contest of legal cultures; Jörg Kammerhofer; 17. International law as a ground for action; Tamar Megiddo; 18. The individual and its fidelity to international law: a kaleidoscope – Reply to Tamar Megiddo; Panos Merkouris; 19. The ‘correct interpretation’ premise in international adjudication; Panos Merkouris; 20. Chasing the ‘correct interpretation’: Reply to Panos Merkouris; Kostiantyn Gorobets; Index