International Law as a Belief System

International Law

International Law as a Belief System

By Jean D'Aspremont
Cambridge University Press November 2017

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ISBN-13
9781108421874
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
November 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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International Law as a Belief System considers how we construct international legal discourses and the self-referentiality at the centre of all legal arguments about international law.

It explores how the fundamental doctrines (e.g. sources, responsibility, statehood, personality, interpretation, jus cogens, etc.) constrain legal reasoning by inventing their own origin and dictating the nature of their functioning. In this innovative work, d'Aspremont argues that these processes constitute the mark of a belief system.

This book invites international lawyers to temporarily suspend some of their understandings about the fundamental doctrines they adhere to in their professional activities. It aims to provide readers with new tools to reinvent the thinking about international law and combines theory and practice to offer insights that are valuable for both theorists and practitioners.

Table of Contents

1. International Law as a Belief System
2. The Structure of the International Belief System
3. Self-Referentiality in the International Belief System
4. Manifestations of the International Belief System
5. The Suspension of the International Belief System
6. Epilogue
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