The Institutional Problem in Modern International Law

by Richard Collins

Book Overview

Modern international law is widely understood as an autonomous system of binding legal rules. Nevertheless, this claim to autonomy is far from uncontroversial. International lawyers have faced recurrent scepticism as to both the reality and efficacy of the object of their study and practice. For the most part, this scepticism has focussed on international law's peculiar institutional structure, with the absence of centralised organs of legislation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849465223
• ISBN13: 9781849465229
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"