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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819757103321

Autore

Diehl Paul F (Paul Francis)

Titolo

The dynamics of international law / / Paul F. Diehl and Charlotte Ku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010

ISBN

0-511-73908-7

1-107-20549-2

1-282-48668-3

9786612486685

0-511-67414-7

0-511-67533-X

0-511-67208-X

0-511-67080-X

0-511-81732-0

0-511-67335-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.2

Soggetti

International law

International relations - Decision making

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A new framework for analysis and a model for legal change -- The influence of normative change on the operating system -- Extra-systemic adaptations to systemic imbalance -- The influence of the operating system on normative change -- Implications and future directions.

Sommario/riassunto

Paul F. Diehl and Charlotte Ku's new framework for international law divides it into operating and normative systems. The authors provide a theory of how these two systems interact, which explains how changes in one system precipitate changes and create capacity in the other.  A punctuated equilibrium theory of system evolution, drawn from studies of biology and public policy studies, provides the basis for delineating the conditions for change and helps explain a pattern of international legal change that is often infrequent and sub-optimal, but still



influential.