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This rich and remarkable volume offers an overview of the most important schools, movements and trends which make up the theoretical landscape of contemporary international law, as well as the works of over 500 authors. It moves beyond generalization and examines how the relevant literature deals with the basic issues of the international legal system, such as international obligations, legitimacy, compliance, unity and universality, the rule of law, human rights, use of force and economics. It offers insights into the addressees (the state, international organizations, individuals and other private persons), and the construction of international law, including law-making, the relationship between norms, and interpretation. Moreover, it widens the discourse by addressing old, yet enduring, as well as new concerns about the functioning of the international legal system, and presents views of non-international lawyers and political scientists regarding that system. It is a valuable analysis for researchers, students, and practitioners.
Price: $523.00
Pages: 714
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff
Publication Date:
19 September 2019
ISBN: 9789004385351
Format: Hardcover
«…a truly remarkable book, astonishing in its quality and the depth of scholarship. It is also wonderfully readable....The way the author has marshalled his ideas, and chosen such an original way to examine the underlying conceptual issues is exceptional. Everything is so original, and intellectually fresh. The author has read, and thought about everything, and everyone! And it is all so up to date…»
Dame Rosalyn Higgins, Professor of International Law, former President of the International Court of Justice.
"Todo este panorama que nos da la obra requiere unos profundos conocimientos del Derecho Internacional General, pero también de sus parcelas o ámbitos específicos, y en ambos casos el Profesor Roucounas es un auténtico maestro, pasando de una cuestión a otra con suma finura, sin perder nunca los ricos parámetros de un refinado internacionalista. Todo esto no le impide ser una persona que desborda honestidad y sencillez, lo que, tras nuestros más de treinta años de amistad con el Profesor Bermejo, y la mitad con la Profesora López-Jacoiste, solo nos cabe darle nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones por esta magnífica obra, estando seguros que a esta ORQUESTA acudirá mucho público."
Prof. Romualdo Bermejo García, Spanish Yearbook of International Law.
‘’…Livre extraordinaire qui résiste à toute classification; livre substantiel par son volume et par la densité intellectuelle de son contenu, qui requière une lecture lente, en petites doses, pour capter, comme dans la dégustation d’un bon vieux cognac, toute sa saveur et son essence... …La promenade s’avère être un voyage multiple autour du monde, ou plutôt de la planète droit international, dans un satellite qui change d’orbite à chaque rotation ; de sorte que le paysage change à chaque tour, bien qu’il s’agisse de la même planète. Emerge de ce balayage multidimensionnel un hologramme du droit international avec une figure et un dynamisme surprenants.
…Quel voyage fascinant. Mais pour éviter l’étourdissement, il faut aller doucement. C’est un livre très enrichissant, dense, complexe, à multiples visages. Une fois lu, il reste une référence, à laquelle je reviendrai souvent, pour situer une idée ou un auteur dans le paysage et par rapport aux autres. Et chaque fois qu’on le consulte (ce qui m’est arrivé une ou deux fois déjà), on déniche certains détails ou liens qu’on n’avait pas relevé à la lecture précédente…’’
Georges Abi Saab, 22 mai 2020, former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice, former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY and ICTR, former Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission, and former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. honorary professor of international law (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva). Professor Abi-Saab was awarded the 2017 Manley O. Hudson Medal of the American Society of International Law.
"Roukounas provides a dense, comprehensive analysis of the elements that influence theorizing about international law and the various schools, movements, and trends in theorizing. In tone and style, the analysis is geared to experts in the field, and the work will be less accessible to readers not well versed in international law. For example, Roukounas's discussion of critical international legal studies, like critical analysis itself, is too dense for many readers. However, discussion of essential elements of international law and discussion of regional and national traditions (Europe, US, Latin America, Africa, and Asia) may interest a wider audience. Similarly, his discussion of basic orientations, including liberalism, realism, pragmatism, and so on, and of newer approaches, such as constructivism and deconstruction, provide important insights that could be useful for undergraduates studying international relations theory. The chapter on the formation of norms in international law provides an important perspective applicable to researchers focusing on areas such as human rights, the use of force, and international economic exchange. -Christopher W. Herrick, Muhlenberg College
A Landscape of Contemporary Theories of International Law by Emmanuel Roucounas, which includes a separate author index, deserves to be read widely; preferably by those in the first blush of love with the subject while for others there is still the prospect of feeling young again and in love.
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) (Volume 70, Issue 3, July 2021).
Dame Rosalyn Higgins, Professor of International Law, former President of the International Court of Justice.
"Todo este panorama que nos da la obra requiere unos profundos conocimientos del Derecho Internacional General, pero también de sus parcelas o ámbitos específicos, y en ambos casos el Profesor Roucounas es un auténtico maestro, pasando de una cuestión a otra con suma finura, sin perder nunca los ricos parámetros de un refinado internacionalista. Todo esto no le impide ser una persona que desborda honestidad y sencillez, lo que, tras nuestros más de treinta años de amistad con el Profesor Bermejo, y la mitad con la Profesora López-Jacoiste, solo nos cabe darle nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones por esta magnífica obra, estando seguros que a esta ORQUESTA acudirá mucho público."
Prof. Romualdo Bermejo García, Spanish Yearbook of International Law.
‘’…Livre extraordinaire qui résiste à toute classification; livre substantiel par son volume et par la densité intellectuelle de son contenu, qui requière une lecture lente, en petites doses, pour capter, comme dans la dégustation d’un bon vieux cognac, toute sa saveur et son essence... …La promenade s’avère être un voyage multiple autour du monde, ou plutôt de la planète droit international, dans un satellite qui change d’orbite à chaque rotation ; de sorte que le paysage change à chaque tour, bien qu’il s’agisse de la même planète. Emerge de ce balayage multidimensionnel un hologramme du droit international avec une figure et un dynamisme surprenants.
…Quel voyage fascinant. Mais pour éviter l’étourdissement, il faut aller doucement. C’est un livre très enrichissant, dense, complexe, à multiples visages. Une fois lu, il reste une référence, à laquelle je reviendrai souvent, pour situer une idée ou un auteur dans le paysage et par rapport aux autres. Et chaque fois qu’on le consulte (ce qui m’est arrivé une ou deux fois déjà), on déniche certains détails ou liens qu’on n’avait pas relevé à la lecture précédente…’’
Georges Abi Saab, 22 mai 2020, former ad hoc Judge of the International Court of Justice, former Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY and ICTR, former Commissioner of the United Nations Compensation Commission, and former Chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization. honorary professor of international law (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva). Professor Abi-Saab was awarded the 2017 Manley O. Hudson Medal of the American Society of International Law.
"Roukounas provides a dense, comprehensive analysis of the elements that influence theorizing about international law and the various schools, movements, and trends in theorizing. In tone and style, the analysis is geared to experts in the field, and the work will be less accessible to readers not well versed in international law. For example, Roukounas's discussion of critical international legal studies, like critical analysis itself, is too dense for many readers. However, discussion of essential elements of international law and discussion of regional and national traditions (Europe, US, Latin America, Africa, and Asia) may interest a wider audience. Similarly, his discussion of basic orientations, including liberalism, realism, pragmatism, and so on, and of newer approaches, such as constructivism and deconstruction, provide important insights that could be useful for undergraduates studying international relations theory. The chapter on the formation of norms in international law provides an important perspective applicable to researchers focusing on areas such as human rights, the use of force, and international economic exchange. -Christopher W. Herrick, Muhlenberg College
A Landscape of Contemporary Theories of International Law by Emmanuel Roucounas, which includes a separate author index, deserves to be read widely; preferably by those in the first blush of love with the subject while for others there is still the prospect of feeling young again and in love.
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) (Volume 70, Issue 3, July 2021).
Emmanuel Roucounas is honorary and emeritus Professor, Athens University; member and former President of the Institut de droit international; member and former President of the Academy of Athens; Judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice (2009-2011) and member of the Greek Supreme Court of Article 100 of the Constitution (1992-1995). He is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. A former member of the International Law Commission, of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and of UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee. In the Council of Europe, he has been a member of the Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH) and a member of the “Group of Wise Persons” reporting on the effectiveness of the ECtHR. He was also a member of a Group of Experts of the EU on Central America. Roucounas has published twelve books and over 100 articles on General International Law, the Law of Treaties, the Law of the Sea, Self-Defence, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, Bioethics, Diplomatic History, and European Unification.