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Legitimacy and legality in international law : an interactional account / Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope

Author
Brunnée, Jutta
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 411 pages).
Additional Creators
Toope, Stephen J. (Stephen John)
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Contents
Introduction -- An interactional theory of international legal obligation -- Shared understandings : the underpinnings of law -- Interactional law and compliance : law's hidden power -- Climate change : building a global legal regime -- Torture : undermining normative ambition -- The use of force : normative ebb and flow -- Conclusion.
Summary
"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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9780511776670 (electronic bk.)
0511776675 (electronic bk.)
9780511781261 (electronic bk.)
0511781261 (electronic bk.)
0511775156
9780511775154
9786612771231
6612771232
9780511774096 (ebook)
0511774095
9780521880657
0521880653
9780521706834
0521706831
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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