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International relations theory and international law : a critical approach /
International law is playing an increasingly important role in international politics. However, international relations theorists have thus far failed to conceptualise adequately the role that law plays in politics. Instead, IR theorists have tended to operate with a limited conception of law. An un...
| 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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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The theoretical foundations of constructivism and its treatment of law
- Introduction
- ONUF
- Introduction
- Rules
- Agency
- Conclusion
- KRATOCHWIL
- Introduction
- Intersubjectivity
- Change
- The causal power of norms
- Kratochwil and the law
- International law
- Conclusion
- 2 Challenging the common sense idea of law
- Introduction: setting the scene
- The common sense view of law
- Formalism
- Legal reasoning in the common sense idea of law
- Syllogism and deductive reasoning
- Reasoning by analogy
- Precedent
- Flexibility and legal Reasoning: how legal reasoning actually works
- Anti-formalism and the middle way
- Conclusion: how to understand law
- 3 Introducing critical jurisprudence
- Introduction
- The sociological movement
- From sociological to 8216;critical8217; approaches
- Marxism and the conflict model of society
- Re-imagining a Marxist theory of law
- Critical legal studies
- Legal indeterminacy
- Feminism: critical jurisprudence in action
- Conclusion
- 4 Brown, desegregation and racism in America: the myth and reality of law8217;s ability to solve complex social problems
- Introduction
- The 8216;story8217; of Brown
- The NAACP8217;s litigation strategy
- A direct attack on Plessy: beyond 8216;separate but equal8217;
- The case and the opinion
- Explaining Brown
- Brown and civil rights reform: a different reading of Brown
- The courts and social change
- Brown and the law
- Conclusion
- 5 Constructing rape: defining the problem and finding the solution
- Introduction
- The problem with rape
- The 1970s and 1980s: treatment of complainants
- New Labour reform: the preoccupation with conviction rates
- Reform
- Attrition rates
- Competing narratives of the rape problem
- Feminist interpretations
- Third phase feminism
- Conclusion
- 6 Law and normative backsliding: torture since 9/11
- Introduction
- The evolution of constructivism
- Theories of norm evolution post-9/11
- Norm evolution as a ratchet
- The role of law in normative backsliding
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.