The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

Edited by Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Assistant Editor Martin Clark

Oxford Handbooks

Provides close to fifty highly original essays on every aspect of contemporary international legal theory, shedding new light on its history, key figures, and approaches
Shows how legal theory is relevant to the practice of international law through a series of chapters theorising core concepts and doctrines
Taps into current debates on the state and future of international law, including those on the role of religion, inequality, and the progress narrative
Brings together many of the world's leading theorists of international law, coming from a range of different disciplines, perspectives, and traditions

The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

Edited by Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Assistant Editor Martin Clark

Description

The Oxford Handbook of International Legal Theory provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the major thinkers, concepts, approaches, and debates that have shaped contemporary international legal theory. The Handbook features close to fifty original essays by leading international scholars from a wide range of traditions, nationalities, and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of this dynamic field.

The collection explores key questions and debates in international legal theory, offers new intellectual histories for the discipline, and provides fresh interpretations of significant historical figures, texts, and theoretical approaches. It provides a much-needed map of the field of international legal theory, and a guide to the main themes and debates that have driven theoretical work in international law. The Handbook will be an indispensable reference work for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to gain an overview of current theoretical debates about the nature, function, foundations, and future role of international law.

The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

Edited by Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Assistant Editor Martin Clark

Oxford Handbooks

Introduction Theorizing International Law, Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Part I: Histories
1. Theorizing the Turn to History in International Law, Matthew Craven
2. Roman Law and the Intellectual History of International Law, Randall Lesaffer
3. Transformations of Natural Law: Germany 1648-1815, Martti Koskenniemi
4. Hugo Grotius: The Making of a Founding Father of International Law, Martine Julia Van Ittersum
5. The Critique Of Classical Thought During the Interwar Period: Vattel And Van Vollenhoven, Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet
6. The Ottoman Empire, the Origins of Extraterritoriality, and International Legal Theory, Umut Özsu
7. China in the Age of the World Picture, Teemu Ruskola
8. Imperialism And International Legal Theory, Antony Anghie
9. Early Twentieth Century Positivism Revisited, Mónica García-Salmones
10. Hans Kelsen and the Return of Universalism, Jochen von Bersnstorff
11. Schmitt, Schmitteanism and contemporary International Legal Theory, Robert Howse
12. Hannah Arendt and International Legal Theory, Deborah Whitehall
13. International Legal Theory in Russia: A Civilizational Perspective, or can Individuals be Subjects of International Law?, Lauri Malksoo
Part II: Approaches
14. Natural Law in International Legal Theory: Linear and Dialectical Presentations, Geoff Gordon
15. Marxist Theories of International Law, Robert Knox
16. Realist Approaches to International Law, Oliver Jutersonke
17. Constructivist Approaches to International Law, Oliver Kessler
18. International Law and the Visual: The International Signs Law, Peter Goodrich
19. Moral Philosophy and International Law, Samantha Besson
20. International Legal Positivism, Jorg Kammerhofer
21. Yale's Policy Science and International Law: Between Legal Formalism and the Policy Conceptualism, Hengameh Saberi
22. International Law and Economics: Letting Go of 'The Normal' in Pursuit of an Ever-Elusive Real, Dan Danielsen
23. Liberal Internationalism, Daniel Joyce
24. Feminist Approaches to International Law, Dianne Otto
25. Kant, Cosmopolitanism, and International Law, Wouter Werner, Geoff Gordon
26. Global Administrative Law And Deliberative Democracy, Benedict Kingsbury, Megan Donaldson And Rodrigo Vallejo
Part III: Regimes and Doctrines
27. Towards a New Theory of Sources in International Law, Jean d'Aspremont
28. Something To Do With States, Gerry Simpson
29. Theorising Recognition and International Personality, Rose Parfitt
30. Theorising Jurisdiction, Gregor Noll
31. Theorizing International Organizations, Jan Klabbers
32. Theorizing The Corporation In International Law, Fleur Johns
33. Theorizing International Law on force and intervention, Dino Kritsiotis
34. Theorizing Human Rights, Ben Golder
35. Theorizing Free Trade, Anne Orford
36. International Criminal Law: Theory All Over The Place, Sarah Nouwen
37. Theorizing The Laws of War, Frédéric Mégre
38. Theorizing Transitional Justice: Cashing in the Blue Chips, Vasuki Nesiah
39. Theorizing International Environmental Law, Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo
40. Theorizing International Law and Development, Kerry Rittich
41. Theorizing Responsibility, Outi Korhonen and Toni Selkälä
42. Theorizing Private International Law, Horatia Muir Watt
43. Transnational Migration, Globalization, and Governance: Theorizing a Crisis, Chantal Thomas
Part V: Debates
44. Religion, Secularism and International Law, Reut Paz
45. International Law and Progress, Thomas Skouteris
46. International Legalism and International Politics, Florian Hoffmann
47. Poverty and International Law, Jason Beckett
48. Fragmentation and Constitutionalisation, Anne Peters

The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

Edited by Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Assistant Editor Martin Clark

Oxford Handbooks

Author Information

Edited by Anne Orford, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, and ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and Edited by Florian Hoffmann, Professor of Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Martin Clark, Research Fellow and Tutor at the Melbourne School of Law

Contributors:

Antony Anghie is Samuel D Thurman Professor of Law at the University of Utah.
Jason Beckett is Assistant Professor of Law at the American University in Cairo.
Samantha Besson is Professor of Public International Law and European Law and Co- Director of the European Law Institute at the University of Fribourg.
Matthew Craven is Professor of International Law and Director of the Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire, and International Law at SOAS, University of London.
Dan Danielsen is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Northeastern University.
Jean d'Aspremont is Professor of Public International Law and Co- Director of the Manchester International Law Centre at the University of Manchester, and Professor of International Legal Theory at the University of Amsterdam.
Megan Donaldson is Junior Research Fellow in the History of International Law at King's College, Cambridge.
Filipe Dos Reis is Research Associate in International Relations at the University of Erfurt.
Mónica García- Salmones Rovira is Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Law at the University of Helsinki.
Ben Golder is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of New South Wales.
Peter Goodrich is Professor of Law at the Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law.
Geoff Gordon is Assistant Professor of Law at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Robert Howse is Lloyd C Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University.

The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law

Edited by Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Assistant Editor Martin Clark

Oxford Handbooks

Reviews and Awards

"a must-have for everyone ready to go beyond the mere application of the law. ... the Oxford Handbook's chapters certainly provide a valuable reading experience." -- Ralph Janik, Austrian Review of International and European Law

"A composite reading of the statist, naturalist, and transnational approaches in the Handbook lead to a counter-intuitive conclusion that international economic law is the mother of public international law. The Handbook offers us the timely opportunity of confirming our convictions as well as hearing voices that we ignore because of our own professional preoccupations and epistemological locations." - Prabhakar Singh, Jindal Global Law School, The European Journal of International Law