International Law's Invisible Frames
«The encounter and the confrontation that lie at the core of the book -or, if you prefer, the invisible frames that tie together these contributions by these international lawyers- constitute one of the most fascinating aspects of the book's hydrography.»
Tommaso Soave, The American Journal of International Law
What is international law, and how does it work? This book argues that our answers to these fundamental questions are shaped by a variety of social cognition and knowledge production processes. These processes act as invisible frames, through which we understand international law. Les mer
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legal process. This includes identifying the groups of people and institutions that shape and alter the prevailing discourse in international law, and unearthing the hidden meaning of the various mythologies that populate and influence our normative world.
With chapters from leading experts in the discipline, employing insights from sociology, psychology, and behavioural science, this book investigates the mechanisms that allow us to apprehend and intellectually represent the social practice of international law. It unveils the hidden or unnoticed processes by which our understanding of international law is formed, and helps readers to unlearn some of the presuppositions that inform our largely unquestioned beliefs about international
law.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780192847539
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«The encounter and the confrontation that lie at the core of the book -or, if you prefer, the invisible frames that tie together these contributions by these international lawyers- constitute one of the most fascinating aspects of the book's hydrography.»
Tommaso Soave, The American Journal of International Law