Is international law international? / Anthea Roberts.
By: Roberts, Anthea (Writer on international law) [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190696443 (ebook) :.Subject(s): International lawAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 341 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text challenges the idea that international law looks the same from anywhere in the world. Instead, how international lawyers understand and approach their field is often deeply influenced by the national contexts in which they lived, studied, and worked. By examining the international law academies and textbooks of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Roberts provides a window into these different communities of international lawyers, and she uncovers some of the similarities and differences in how they understand and approach international law.Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text challenges the idea that international law looks the same from anywhere in the world. Instead, how international lawyers understand and approach their field is often deeply influenced by the national contexts in which they lived, studied, and worked. By examining the international law academies and textbooks of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Roberts provides a window into these different communities of international lawyers, and she uncovers some of the similarities and differences in how they understand and approach international law.
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