International Law and its Others

InstitutionalandpoliticaldevelopmentssincetheendoftheColdWarhaveledtoarevivalofpublicinterestin,andanxietyabout,internationallaw.Liberalinternationallawisappealedtoasofferingameansofconstrainingpowerandasrepresentinguniversalvalues.Thisbookbringstogetherscholarswhodrawonjurisprudence,philosophy,legalhistoryandpoliticaltheorytoanalysethestakesofthisturntowardsinternationallaw.Contributorsexplorethehistoryofrelationsbetweeninternationallawandthoseitdefinesasother-othertraditions,otherlogics,otherforces,andothergroups.Theyexplorethearchiveofinternationallawasarecordofattemptsbyscholars,bureaucrats,decision-makersandlegalprofessionalstothinkaboutwhathappenstolawatthelimitsofmodernpoliticalorganisation.Theresultisaricharrayofresponsestothequestionofwhatitmeanstospeakandwriteaboutinternationallawinourtime.