Discourse on Customary International Law

This book provides an accessible and highly engaging discussion of customary international law. It employs an original theoretical perspective to unpack the structures of thought that lie beneath any claims made regarding customary international law.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction: The Modern Splendour of Customary International Law


• 2: The Enabling Constraint


• 3: The Third Element


• 4: The Custom-Making Moment


• 5: The Practicians


• 6: Self-Destruction


• 7: Self-Confirmation


• 8: System-Support


• 9: The Residual Receptacle


• 10: The Empire of Rules


• 11: Concluding Remarks: The Splendid Textuality of Customary International Law

About the author

Jean d'Aspremont is Professor of International Law at Sciences Po School of Law. He also holds a chair of Public International Law at the University of Manchester where he founded the Manchester International Law Centre (MILC). He is General Editor of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law and of Oxford International Organizations (OXIO), and the series editor of the Melland Schill Studies in International Law. He has published extensively on international law and international legal theory. Some of his articles and books have been translated in several languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Japanese and Persian.

Summary

This book provides an accessible and highly engaging discussion of customary international law. It employs an original theoretical perspective to unpack the structures of thought that lie beneath any claims made regarding customary international law.

Product details

• Authors: d'Aspremont , Jean D'' (Professor of International La Aspremont, Jean d' (Professor of International Law at Sciences Po School of Law and Chair of Public International Law Aspremont, Aspremont Jean d', Jean D'Aspremont
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780192843906
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284390-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Legal History, LAW / International, LAW / Customary, Legal History, Customary Law, Public International law: customary law