Socializing States
Promoting Human Rights through International Law
Ryan Goodman and Derek Jinks
Reviews and Awards
American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit for Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship for 2014
"Socializing States is the most important and consequential book on international law in many years." --Jack Goldsmith
"In this sophisticated study, Goodman and Jinks argue that international law affects states primarily through a process of socialization, in which state officials and other actors take on the beliefs and norms of others in their surrounding environment... The authors usefully summarize empirical studies that demonstrate that states have a tendency to imitate best practices in areas such as education, market liberalization, the environment, arms control, science policy, and human rights." --Foreign Affairs
"In Socializing States: Promoting Human Rights Through International Law, Professors Ryan Goodman and Derek Jinks have made a very important contribution to the growing body of scholarship at the intersection between international law and international relations. Indeed, the American Society of International Law recognized the book by awarding it the 2014 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship." -David Sloss, The American Journal of International Law