ntroduction: Theorizing international law / Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann
Theorizing the turn to history in international law / Matthew Craven
Roman law and the intellectual history of international law / Randall Lesaffer
Transformations of natural law : Germany 1648-1815 / Martti Koskenniemi
Hugo Grotius : the making of a founding father of international law / Martine Julia van Ittersum
The critique of classical thought during the interwar period : Vattel and Van Vollenhoven / Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet
The Ottoman Empire, the origins of extraterritoriality, and international legal theory / Umut Özsu
China in the age of the world picture / Teemu Ruskola
Imperialism and international legal theory / Antony Anghie
Early twentieth-century positivism revisited / Mónica García-Salmones Rovira
Hans Kelsen and the return of universalism / Jochen von Bernstorff
Schmitt, Schmitteanism, and contemporary international legal theory / Robert Howse
Hannah Arendt and international law / Deborah Whitehall
International legal theory in Russia : a civilizational perspective, or, Can individuals be subjects of international law? / Lauri Mälksoo
Natural law in international legal theory : linear and dialectical presentations / Geoff Gordon
Marxist approaches to international law / Robert Knox
Realist approaches to international law / Oliver Jütersonke
Constructivism and the politics of international law / Filipe Dos Reis and Oliver Kessler
The international signs law / Peter Goodrich
Moral philosophy and international law / Samantha Besson
International legal positivism / Jörg Kammerhofer
Yale's policy science and international law : between legal formalism and policy conceptualism / Hengameh Saberi
International law and economics : letting go of the 'normal' in pursuit of an ever-elusive real / Dan Danielsen
Liberal internationalism / Daniel Joyce
Feminist approaches to international law / Dianne Otto
Kant, cosmopolitanism, and international law / Wouter Werner and Geoff Gordon
Global administrative law and deliberative democracy / Benedict Kingsbury, Megan Dondaldson, and Rodrigo Vallejo
Towards a new theory of sources in international law / Jean D'Aspremont
Something to do with states / Gerry Simpson
Theorizing recognition and international personality / Rose Parfitt
Theorizing jurisdiction / Gregor Noll
Theorizing international organizations / Jan Klabbers
Theorizing the corporation in international law / Fleur Johns
Theorizing international law on force and intervention / Dino Kritsiotis
Theorizing human rights / Ben Golder
Theorizing free trade / Anne Orford
International criminal law : theory all over the place / Sarah Nouwen
Theorizing the laws of war / Frédéric Mégret
Theories of transitional justice : cashing in the blue chips / Vasuki Nesiah
Theorizing international environmental law / Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo
Theorizing international law and development / Kerry Rittich
Theorizing responsibility / Outi Korhonen and Toni Selkälä
Theorizing private international law / Horatia Muir Watt
Transnational migration, globalization, and governance : theorizing a crisis / Chantal Thomas
Religion, secularism, and international law / Ruet Yael Paz
The idea of progress / Thomas Skouteris
International legalism and international politics / Florian Hoffmann
Creating poverty / Jason Beckett
Fragmentation and constitutionalization / Anne Peters

The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the major thinkers, concepts, approaches, and debates that have shaped contemporary international legal theory. The Handbook features original essays by leading international scholars from a wide range of traditions, nationalities, and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of this dynamic field. The collection explores key questions and debates in international legal theory, offers new intellectual histories for the discipline, and provides fresh interpretations of significant historical figures, texts, and theoretical approaches. It provides a much-needed map of the field of international legal theory, and a guide to the main themes and debates that have driven theoretical work in international law. The Handbook will be an indispensable reference work for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking to gain an overview of current theoretical debates about the nature, function, foundations, and future role of international law"--Unedited summary from book jacket