| International Law Contributor(s): Simmons, Beth A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412912555 ISBN-13: 9781412912556 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $1797.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2008 Annotation: The role of law in world politics has become a major part of the study of international relations in the last fifteen years. This four-volume set brings together in a single source articles that reflect the spectrum of theoretical and empirical work on International Law in the social sciences. Together they address the central questions about the necessity, development and role of International Law: - How do international norms and rules about behavior develop? - Do they influence important aspects of interactions among states and other entities? - How do they condition international politics? Part 1: Approaches to the Study of International Law History and Background, Realism and International Law: Constructivist and Normative Approaches: Legalization and Judicialization: Part 2: International Law and International Relations: The Conceptual Terrain Sovereignty, International and Domestic Settings Institutional Design, Compliance, Adjudication Democracies and International Law Part 3: Issue Areas Economic and Property Rights Cooperation Security, Use of Force, and the Laws of War Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and War Crimes |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Law | International |
| Dewey: 341 |
| LCCN: 2007933828 |
| Series: Sage Library of International Relations |
| Physical Information: 2304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The role of law in world politics has become a major part of the study of international relations in the last fifteen years. This four-volume set brings together in a single source articles that reflect the spectrum of theoretical and empirical work on International Law in the social sciences. Together they address the central questions about the necessity, development and role of International Law: - How do international norms and rules about behavior develop? - Do they influence important aspects of interactions among states and other entities? - How do they condition international politics? Part 1: Approaches to the Study of International Law History and Background, Realism and International Law: Constructivist and Normative Approaches: Legalization and Judicialization: Part 2: International Law and International Relations: The Conceptual Terrain Sovereignty, International and Domestic Settings Institutional Design, Compliance, Adjudication Democracies and International Law Part 3: Issue Areas Economic and Property Rights Cooperation Security, Use of Force, and the Laws of War Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and War Crimes |
Contributor Bio(s): Simmons, Beth A.: - Beth Simmons is a Professor of Government at Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts. Previous positions include Assistant Professor at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) and Associate Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Her research interests include international law, international human rights, and international political economy. She is author of Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, 1924-1939 (1995), and is currently working on a book length manuscript on compliance with international human rights obligations. She is a co-editor of the SAGE Handbook of International Relations (2002). |