International law as a profession / edited by Jean d'Aspremont, University of Manchester; Tarcisio Gazzini, University of Lausanne; André Nollkaemper, University of Amsterdam; Wouter Werner, VU University Amersterdam.
2017
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Title
International law as a profession / edited by Jean d'Aspremont, University of Manchester; Tarcisio Gazzini, University of Lausanne; André Nollkaemper, University of Amsterdam; Wouter Werner, VU University Amersterdam.
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Call Number
KZ1237 .I58 2017
ISBN
9781107140394 (hardback)
1107140390 (hardback)
1107140390 (hardback)
Description
xxi, 447 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)958356825
Summary
"International law is not merely a set of rules or processes, but is a professional activity practised by a diversity of figures, including scholars, judges, counsel, teachers, legal advisers and activists. Individuals may in different contexts play more than one of these roles, and the interactions between them are illuminating of the nature of international law itself. This collection of innovative, multidisciplinary and self-reflective essays reveal a bilateral process whereby, on the one hand, the professionalization of international law informs discourses about the law, and, on the other hand, discourses about the law inform the professionalization of the discipline. Intended to promote a dialogue between practice and scholarship, this book is a must-read for all those engaged in the profession of international law"-- Provided by publisher.
"Approaching international law as a profession rather than something 'out there' ready to be interpreted and applied to problems of world politics, this book sheds light on the complex relation between one's profession and one's understanding of international law through a didactic three-tiered structure. This structure distinguishes theoretical studies on the very idea of a profession (Part 1), conceptual and theoretical inquiries into theories that inform the practice of international law and the relation between practice and theory (Part 2), and more specific investigations in some concrete professional capacities in which international lawyers engage with international law"-- Provided by publisher.
"Approaching international law as a profession rather than something 'out there' ready to be interpreted and applied to problems of world politics, this book sheds light on the complex relation between one's profession and one's understanding of international law through a didactic three-tiered structure. This structure distinguishes theoretical studies on the very idea of a profession (Part 1), conceptual and theoretical inquiries into theories that inform the practice of international law and the relation between practice and theory (Part 2), and more specific investigations in some concrete professional capacities in which international lawyers engage with international law"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
viii
Preface
xi
Table of Treaties and Other International Legal Instruments
xii
Table of Cases
xiv
List of Abbreviations
xvi
Introduction / Wouter Werner
1
pt. I
Thinking of International Law as a Professional Practice
17
1.
Professionalisation of International Law / Jean D'Aspremont
19
2.
Between Commitment and Cynicism: Outline for a Theory of International Law as Practice / Martti Koskenniemi
38
3.
International Law as Professional Practice: Crafting the Autonomy of International Law / Alexandra Bohm
67
4.
Scientific Reason and the Discipline of International Law / Anne Orford
93
pt. II
Practice of International Law and Its Theories
115
5.
International Legal Scholarship Under Challenge / Anne Peters
117
6.
Responsibility of the International Legal Academic: Situating the Grammarian Within the `Invisible College' / Gleider Hernandez
160
7.
What Is Critique?: Towards a Sociology of Disciplinary Heterodoxy in Contemporary International Law / Akbar Rasulov
189
8.
Relationship Between Theory and Practice in International Law: Affirmation Versus Reflexive Distance / Jochen Von Bernstorff
222
9.
Choice of the Subject in Writing Histories of International Law / John D. Haskell
244
10.
International Legal Theory qua Practice of International Law / Samantha Besson
268
pt. III
Practice of International Law and Its Professional Capacities
285
11.
Moving Beyond Interdisciplinary Turf Wars: Towards an Understanding of International Law as Practice / Ingo Venzke
287
12.
Professionals of International Justice: From the Shadow of State Diplomacy to the Pull of the Market for Commercial Arbitration / Yves Dezalay
311
13.
International Law Bar: Essence Before Existence? / James Crawford
338
14.
Consigliere or Conscience?: The Role of the Government Legal Adviser / Matthew Windsor
355
15.
International Law as Expert Knowledge: Exploring the Changing Role of International Lawyers in National Contexts / Rene Uruena
389
16.
Teachers of International Law / Pierre D'Argent
412
Concluding Remarks: The Praxis of International Law / Wouter Werner
428
Index
434