International Law as a Belief System

by Jean d'Aspremont

Book Overview

International Law as a Belief System considers how we construct international legal discourses and the self-referentiality at the centre of all legal arguments about international law. It explores how the fundamental doctrines (such as sources, responsibility, statehood, personality, interpretation and jus cogens) constrain legal reasoning by inventing their own origin and dictating the nature of their functioning. In this innovative work, d'Aspremont...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108434398
• ISBN13: 9781108434393
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"