International law and international relations : bridging theory and practice / / edited by Chandra Lekha Sriram ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511406303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 2007
• ISBN: 1-134-14577-2; 0-8264-5029-6; 1-134-14578-0; 1-280-64846-5; 9786610648467; 0-203-96676-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary security studies
• Altri autori (Persone): SriramChandra Lekha
• Disciplina: 327.072
• Soggetti: International law - Research; International relations - Research; Interdisciplinary research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: International law and international politics - old divides, new developments; Part I: SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS; 2 MOVING FORWARD?: Assessing normative and legal progress in dealing with small arms; 3 SMALL ARMS, VIOLENCE, AND THE COURSE OF CONFLICTS; 4 COMMENTARY: A WORLD DROWNING IN GUNS; Part II: TERRORISM; 5 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NONSTATE ACTORS, AND TRANSNATIONAL POLITICAL MOBILIZATION: A perspective from International Relations; 6 CRYING WAR; 7 PREEMPTION AND EXCEPTION: International law and the revolutionary power8 COMMENTARY: CONVERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN COMBATING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: The role of the United Nations; Part III: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE; 9 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON INTERNAL ; DISPLACEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS; 10 COMMENTARY: PRIVATELY GENERATED SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE; Part IV: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY; 11 THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION: A return to first principles; 12 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: State collusion and the conundrum of jurisdiction13 WHOSE JUSTICE? RECONCILING UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION WITH DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES; 14 BRINGING SECURITY BACK IN: International relations theory and moving beyond the "justice versus peace" dilemma in transitional societies; 15 COMMENTARY: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAW AND POLITICS; Part V: CONCLUSIONS; 16 DISAGGREGATING US INTERESTS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: Sketching a theory of liberal transnationalism; 17 NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW COLLABORATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS18 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: From competition to complementarity; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second World War.Written by leading experts in the fields of international law and international relations, it argues that such interdisciplinary research is central to the creation of a knowledge base among IR scholars and lawyers for the effective analysis and governance of macro and micro phenomena. International law is at the heart of internat