Bibliograph

International law as a belief system, Jean d'Aspremont

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Label

International law as a belief system, Jean d'Aspremont

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

International law as a belief system

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

1009075389

Responsibility statement

Jean d'Aspremont

Series statement

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law, 133Cambridge books online

Summary

International Law as a Belief System considers how we construct international legal discourses and the self-referentiality at the centre of all legal arguments about international law. It explores how the fundamental doctrines (e.g. sources, responsibility, statehood, personality, interpretation and jus cogens etc.) constrain legal reasoning by inventing their own origin and dictating the nature of their functioning. In this innovative work, d'Aspremont argues that these processes constitute the mark of a belief system. This book invites international lawyers to temporarily suspend some of their understandings about the fundamental doctrines they adhere to in their professional activities. It aims to provide readers with new tools to reinvent the thinking about international law and combines theory and practice to offer insights that are valuable for both theorists and practitioners.--, Provided by Publisher

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