International law and world order : a critique of contemporary approaches

By: B S ChimniContributor(s): B.S. Chimni, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: International Book Distributors | Flat No.17, Prakash Apartments, 5 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017Edition: 2ndDescription: xviii, 629 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781107065260Subject(s): International law | LawGenre/Form: International | WeltordnungDDC classification: 341 CHI
Contents:
The classical realist approach to international law : the world of Hans Morgenthau -- The policy-oriented or New Haven approach to international law : the contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell -- Richard Falk and the Groatian quest : towards a transdisciplinary jurisprudence -- New approaches to international law : the critical scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi -- Feminist approaches to international law : the work of Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin -- Towards an integrated Marxist approach to international law (IMAIL).
Summary: Articulates an Integrated Marxist Approach to International Law (IMAIL) combining the insights of Marxism, socialist feminism and postcolonial theory. The book uses IMAIL to systematically and critically examine the most influential contemporary theories of international law including new, feminist, realist and policy-oriented approaches. In doing so, it discusses a range of themes relating to the history, structure and process of international law. The book also considers crucial world order issues and problems that the international legal process has to contend with, including the welfare of weak groups and nations, the ecological crisis and the role of human rights."
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The classical realist approach to international law : the world of Hans Morgenthau --
The policy-oriented or New Haven approach to international law : the contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell --
Richard Falk and the Groatian quest : towards a transdisciplinary jurisprudence --
New approaches to international law : the critical scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenniemi --
Feminist approaches to international law : the work of Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin --
Towards an integrated Marxist approach to international law (IMAIL).

Articulates an Integrated Marxist Approach to International Law (IMAIL) combining the insights of Marxism, socialist feminism and postcolonial theory. The book uses IMAIL to systematically and critically examine the most influential contemporary theories of international law including new, feminist, realist and policy-oriented approaches. In doing so, it discusses a range of themes relating to the history, structure and process of international law. The book also considers crucial world order issues and problems that the international legal process has to contend with, including the welfare of weak groups and nations, the ecological crisis and the role of human rights."

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