Of Law and the World - Critical Conversations on Power, History, and Political Economy

David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi, two leading critics of law¿s role in global life, join together to explore the origins and destiny of efforts to build law into the fabric of global life. Erudite, open-minded, and at times personal, Of Law and the World is a poignant conversation about humanity¿s struggle to live together.

About the author

David Kennedy is Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School. His books include A World of Struggle: How Power, Law, and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy and Of Law and War.Martti Koskenniemi is Professor of International Law, Emeritus, at the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights. He is the author of From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument and The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law, 1870–1960, among other works.

Summary

David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi, two leading critics of law’s role in global life, join together to explore the origins and destiny of efforts to build law into the fabric of global life. Erudite, open-minded, and at times personal, Of Law and the World is a poignant conversation about humanity’s struggle to live together.

Product details

• Authors: David Kennedy, David Koskenniemi Kennedy, Martti Koskenniemi, Koskenniemi Martti
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9780674290785
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29078-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, LAW / Legal History, LAW / International, HISTORY / Historiography, International Law, Historiography, Political Economy, Legal History