From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521838061)

Drawing from a range of materials, Martti Koskenniemi demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being either an irrelevant moralist Utopia or a manipulable façade for State interests. He examines the conflicts inherent in international law--sources, sovereignty, 'custom' and 'world order--and shows how legal discourse about such subjects can be described in terms of a small number of argumentative rules. Originally published in English in Finland in 1989, this reissue includes a newly written Epilogue by the author.

Author: Martti Koskenniemi, Koskenniemi Martti
ISBN-10: 0521838061
ISBN-13: 9780521838061
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2006
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.69d