Overview
The end of the Cold War has released some hitherto suppressed trends in international society that are reshaping international order, such as globalization and its nemesis - fragmentation. This volume analyzes the current transformation of the character of the state as the principal actor of international society and related changes in the structure of international society. International law, especially its fundamental principles, such as sovereign equality of states, non-use of force, non-interference, respect for human rights, and self-determination of peoples, reflect some basic characteristics of the state and the structure of international society. Because of significant changes going on in the latter, many crucial principles of international law have ceased to reflect the reality. Moreover, fundamental principles often come into conflict with each other since they reflect main characteristics of different international societies -- Westphalian and post-Westphalian. Part I of the volume analyses theoretical issues of international law, such as the nature of international law, its place in the world and its sources, and the relationship between international and domestic law. After the study of the changing world political landscape in Part II, Part III concentrates on contemporary issues of the use of force, human rights, and humanitarian law.
Full Product Details
Author: Rein Müllerson
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Imprint: Kluwer Law International
Volume: 37
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.744kg
ISBN: 9789041114082
ISBN 10: 9041114084
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 01 July 2000
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'The book therefor achieves its central objective of re-evaluating the impact of domestic and international changes on crucial areas of international law, in a way that will order minds working in the fields of both international relations and international law. It is rich in ideas and approaches, also due to the wide number of sources being employed. The narrative remains lucid and coherent, important assets when international law practitioners like this reviewer risk themselves onto the territory of theory. All in all, it is a worthwhile and though-provoking contribution to an important interdisciplinary discourse.' Andre Stemmet, >i>Netherlands International Law Review, 2006. 'This is, in short, a thoroughly interesting and rewarding book, full of stimulus and free of cant. One could recommend it as strongly to an international relations scholar or practitioner (the one seeking to understand how international lawyers see issues, the other how international lawyers can help organize and master them) as one could to international lawyers, theoreticians, or practitioners, interested (as they ought to be) in how their analyses or solutions influence the real world of international politics.' Frank Berman, American Journal of International Law, 2004. 'Many international lawyers have attempted to consolidate and 'purify' international law by detaching it from the socio-political environment. Mullerson does the opposite - he integrates international law with international politics, manifesting an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the current world.' International Affairs, 77:1. '[T]he problems are not only discussed from the purely legal point of view, but also from the point of view of political science, and they are analysed in their political context. The adoption by the author of this interdisciplinary approach is, in my view, one the best features of the study. [...] the book under review is an excellent study of modern international law theories and of practice, which, no doubt, will contribute greatly to our better understanding of the complicated structure of the modern world.' Malgosia Fitzmaurice, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 50.
' Many international lawyers have attempted to consolidate and 'purify' international law by detaching it from the socio-political environment. M]llerson does the opposite - he integrates international law with international politics, manifesting an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the current world.' <br> International Affairs, 77:1. <br>' [T]he problems are not only discussed from the purely legal point of view, but also from the point of view of political science, and they are analysed in their political context. The adoption by the author of this interdisciplinary approach is, in my view, one the best features of the study. [...] the book under review is an excellent study of modern international law theories and of practice, which, no doubt, will contribute greatly to our better understanding of the complicated structure of the modern world.'<br>Malgosia Fitzmaurice, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 50.
' Many international lawyers have attempted to consolidate and 'purify' international law by detaching it from the socio-political environment. M]llerson does the opposite - he integrates international law with international politics, manifesting an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the current world.' International Affairs, 77:1. ' [T]he problems are not only discussed from the purely legal point of view, but also from the point of view of political science, and they are analysed in their political context. The adoption by the author of this interdisciplinary approach is, in my view, one the best features of the study. [...] the book under review is an excellent study of modern international law theories and of practice, which, no doubt, will contribute greatly to our better understanding of the complicated structure of the modern world.'Malgosia Fitzmaurice, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 50.
