Formalism and the Sources of International Law - A Theory of the Ascertainment of Legal Rules

Zusatztext The author's attempt to rejuvenate formalism in order to distinguish between law and non-law is certainly laudable and long-awaited among international lawyers. Informationen zum Autor Jean d'Aspremont is Associate Professor of International Law and Senior Research Fellow of the Amsterdam Center for International Law at the University of Amsterdam. He is also Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the University of Louvain in Belgium. In addition, he is a Senior Editor of the Leiden Journal of International Law. He acted as counsel in proceedings before the International Court of Justice. Klappentext As a result of the growing prominence of international organizations and non-binding instruments there is increasing controversy as to how to delineate the boundaries of international law. This book advocates a return to a more formal way of determining what is and isn't international law, and suggests ways in which this formalism can be modernized Zusammenfassung As a result of the growing prominence of international organizations and non-binding instruments there is increasing controversy as to how to delineate the boundaries of international law. This book advocates a return to a more formal way of determining what is and isn't international law, and suggests ways in which this formalism can be modernized

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• Authors: Jean aspremont, Jean d' Aspremont, D&apos, Jean d'Aspremont
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199696314
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969631-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law; Oxford Monographs in International Law; Oxford Monographs in Internati
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Treaties & Other Sources Of International Law, Public international law: treaties and other sources