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Legitimacy and legality in international law : an interactional account /
"It has never been more important to understand how international law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of constructivist international relations scholars, this book articulates a pragmatic view of how internationa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "It has never been more important to understand how international law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of constructivist international relations scholars, this book articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is created and maintained. First, legal norms can only arise in the context of social norms based on shared understandings. Second, internal features of law, or 'criteria of legality', are crucial to law's ability to promote adherence, to inspire 'fidelity'. Third, legal norms are built, maintained or destroyed through a continuing practice of legality. Through case studies of the climate-change regime, the anti-torture norm, and the prohibition on the use of force, it is shown that these three elements produce a distinctive legal legitimacy and a sense of commitment among those to whom law is addressed"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 411 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511776670 0511776675 9780511781261 0511781261 0511775156 9780511775154 9786612771231 6612771232 9780511774096 0511774095 |