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When International Law Works: Realistic Idealism After 9/11 and the Global Recession


ISBN13: 9780195370171
Published: February 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Country of Publication: USA
Format: Hardback
Price: £87.00



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When International Law Works stands to change the way states and scholars look at this contentious topic. In this seminal work, Professor Tai-Heng Cheng addresses the current international law debates and transcends them.

Responding to influential statements on international law by such scholars as Goldsmith, Posner, O'Connell, and Guzman, Cheng presents a new framework that decisionmakers should consider when they confront an international problem that implicates the often competing policies and interests of their own communities and global order.

Instead of advocating for or against international law as legitimate or binding, as many commentators do, Cheng adknowledges both its shortcomings while presenting a practical means of deciding whether compliance in a given circumstance is beneficial, moral, or necessary. In this manner Cheng shows how it is possible for decisionmakers to take international law and its limitations seriously without actually needing to determine whether or not international law is "law."

To demonstrate how his new proposal for approaching international law would work in a real crisis, Cheng provides numerous case studies from contemporary history that test his theory. Ranging topically from the current global economic crisis to the West's war on Islamist terrorism, these detailed and demonstrative case studies set this book apart from similar works of international legal scholarship. By combining theory with practice,

When International Law Works gives lawyers, judges, policymakers, academics and students 'real world' guidance on how to face new global problems. In doing so, this new book challenges readers to rethink the role of law in an increasingly crisis-driven world.

Subjects:
Public International Law
Contents:
Chapter One: Confronting Anxieties About International Law I. The Relevance and Irrelevance of Law II. Contemporary Debates III. Thesis A. The Central Case B. Effectiveness C. Legitimacy IV. Terms V. Outline of Inquiry VI. Conclusion Chapter Two: The Politics of Theorizing I. A Historical Survey II. Antiquity III. Middle Ages IV. Early Modernism V. Late Modernism VI. Post-Modernism VII. Choices in Theorizing VIII. Political and Normative Values in Theorizing IX. Conclusion Chapter Three: Legalism and Morality I. Framing the Inquiry II. Choices III. Legalism A. The UN Security Council B. International Court of Justice C. Conclusions About Legalism IV. The Morality of International Law A. Basic Values B. Moral Obligations C. Realist Critiques D. Liberal Critique E. Legal Obligations V. Guidance to Officials A. Morality B. Institutional Functions C. Effectiveness D. The Indeterminacy Paradox VI. Conclusion Chapter Four: Judges I. Theory A. Judicial Functions B. General Morality C. Specific Morality D. Effectiveness II. Praxis A. The Pedra Branca Case 1. Legalism 2. Morality 3. Effectiveness B. The Nicaragua Case 1. Legalism a. Provisional Measures b. El Salvador's Intervention c. Decision on Jurisdiction d. Merits 2. Effectiveness 3. Morality 4. Feedback Loops C. The Avena Case 1. Legalism 2. Effectiveness 3. Morality 4. Feedback Loops III. Conclusion Chapter Five: Arbitrators I. Theory A. Arbitral Functions B. General Morality C. Specific Morality D. Effectiveness II. Praxis. A. United States-Stainless Steel (Mexico), Implementing Award B. Loewen Group, Inc. v. United States of America C. CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Argentine Republic, Decision on Annulment III. Conclusion Chapter Six: Regulators I. Theory II. Praxis A. The Global Financial Crisis B Responses and Decisions of Regulators C. The Financial Stability Board D. Guidance for Regulators III. Conclusion Chapter Seven: Legal Advisors I. Theory A. The Legal Advisor's Functions B. General Morality C. Specific Morality D. Interests and Effectiveness II. Praxis A. Abu Ghraib Prison B. Waterboarding 1. Factual Assumptions 2. International Legal Prescriptions 3. The Interrogation Memoranda 4. General Morality 5. Specific Morality 6. Guidance to Advisors 7. Alternative Scenarios III. Conclusion Chapter Eight: Officials I. Theory II. Praxis A. The 1990 Gulf War 1. Specific Morality 2. General Morality and Effectiveness 3. Feedback Loops B. NATO Bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1 General Morality 2. Specific Morality 3. Feedback Loops C. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq 1. General Morality 2. Specific Morality 3. Feedback Loops III. Conclusion Chapter Nine: Law Beyond Laws I. Reframing Debates II. Situating Among Theories III. Results from Case Studies IV. Conclusion