International Law As We Know It - Cyberwar Discourse Construction of Knowledge in International Legal

International legal scholars tend to think of their work as the interpretation of rules: the application of a law 'out there' to concrete situations. This book takes a different approach to that scholarship: it views doctrine as a socio-linguistic practice. In other words, this book views legal scholars not as law-appliers, but as constructing knowledge within a particular academic discipline. By means of three close-ups of the discourse on cyberwar and international law, this book shows how international legal knowledge is constructed in ways usually overlooked: by means of footnotes, for example, or conference presentations. In so doing, this book aims to present a new way of seeing international legal scholarship: one that pays attention to the mundane parts of international legal texts and provides a different understanding of how international law as we know it comes about.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; 1. Knowing international law; 2. 'Legal problem-solution' and the cyberwar discourse; 3. 'Not 'armed force' in the literal sense'; 4. 'The greater part of jurisconsults'; 5. 'Call me again if you're ever ready to begin answering the questions'; 6. In conclusion: international law as we know it; Appendix chapter 5; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Lianne J. M. Boer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Transnational Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, VU Amsterdam. She previously co-edited Backstage Practices of Transnational Law (2019, with Sofia Stolk) and she was a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne Law School. Her research deals with the (socio)linguistics of knowledge construction in the field of international peace and security law.

Product details

• Authors: Lianne J. M. Boer, Lianne J. M. (Vrije Universiteit Boer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9781108718301
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71830-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Communications, LAW / Public, LAW / Computer & Internet, Systems of law, Public International Law, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, IT & Communications law, Digital, IT and Communications law