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This book provides original perspectives on the work of one of the most important thinkers in international law today.
List of contents
Introduction: the law of international lawyers Wouter Werner, Marieke De Hoon and Alexis Galán; 1. What moves law? Martti Koskenniemi and transcendence in international law Gregor Noll; 2. Formalism, realism and the politics of indeterminacy David Dyzenhaus; 3. Settling disputes: a matter of politics and law Nigel D. White; 4. Form meets function: the culture of formalism and international environmental regimes Jaye Ellis; 5. Martti Koskenniemi on human rights: an empirical perspective Eric A. Posner; 6. The rule of law in an agnostic world: the prohibition on the use of force and humanitarian exceptions Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope; 7. The space between us: law, teleology and the new orientalism of counterdisciplinarity Nikolas M. Rajkovic; 8. The critical subject Sahib Singh; 9. Practicing law: Spoudaios, professional, expert, or 'Macher'? Reflections on the changing nature of an occupation Friedrich Kratochwil; 10. Thinking about what international humanitarian lawyers 'do': an examination of the laws of war as a field of professional practice Frédéric Mégret; 11. International law and the limits of history Anne Orford; 12. Even the dead will not be safe: international law and the struggle over tradition Andrew Lang and Susan Marks; 13. Martti Koskenniemi and the historiography of international law in the age of the war on terror Samuel Moyn; 14. Martti Koskenniemi's critique of Eurocentrism in international law Liliana Obregón; Epilogue: to enable and enchant: epilogue on the power of law Martti Koskenniemi.
About the author
Wouter Werner is Professor of Public International Law at the Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.Marieke de Hoon is Assistant Professor of International Law at the Transnational Legal Studies department at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.Alexis Galán is a post-doctoral researcher at the Angelo Sraffa Department of Legal Studies at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.
Summary
The Law of International Lawyers explores key issues in international law via critical reflection on the work of Martti Koskenniemi, long recognised as a leading authority in the field. It also contributes novel reflections upon the different practices in which international law is enacted, shaped and reshaped.
