LEADER 05578nam 2200709 450 001 9910457475403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-968226-7 010 $a0-19-173220-6 010 $a0-19-150482-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000092357 035 $a(EBL)1538379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000596235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12263679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000596235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10574772 035 $a(PQKB)11569788 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000054807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1538379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1538379 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10793541 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL538667 035 $a(OCoLC)862612619 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000092357 100 $a20110706d2011 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFormalism and the sources of international law $ea theory of the ascertainment of legal rules /$fJean d'Aspremont 210 1$aOxford ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 225 0$aOxford monographs in international law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-07416-9 311 $a0-19-969631-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [225]-258) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Setting the Stage: The Retreat from Formal Law-Ascertainment; 1.2 The Argument: Rejuvenating Formalism in the Theory of the Sources of International Law; 1.3 Preliminary Caveats About the Argument Made in this Book; 2. The Concept and the Rationale of Formalism in International Law; 2.1 Formalism and its Multiple Meanings; 2.1.1 The concept of formalism espoused in this book: formalism as a theory of law-ascertainment based on social practice; 2.1.2 Other conceptions of formalism 327 $a2.2 Rationale of Formalism in the Theory of the Sources of International Law3. The Emergence of Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of the Sources of International Law; 3.1 The Emergence of Formal Law-Ascertainment in General Legal Theory: A Sketch; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Formal law-ascertainment and the restrictive source thesis: Hobbes, Bentham, and Austin; 3.1.3 The emergence of the social thesis: from Kelsen to Hart; 3.1.4 Formal law-ascertainment after Hart; 3.2 Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of the Sources of International Law 327 $a3.2.1 Modern and classical theories of sources of international law3.2.2 International law in the 20th and 21st centuries; 3.2.3 Formal law-ascertainment in constitutionalist theory of international law; 4. The Critiques of Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of the Sources of International Law; 4.1 The Critiques of Formal Law-Ascertainment in General Legal Theory: A Sketch; 4.1.1 Modern natural law objections; 4.1.2 Legal realism; 4.1.3 Dworkin's famous attacks on the source and social theses; 4.1.4 Postmodern objections to the source and social theses 327 $a4.2 The Contestations of Formal Law-Ascertainment in the Theory of the Sources of International Law4.2.1 Remnants of substantive validity theory; 4.2.2 International realism: the turn to pragmatism; 4.2.3 The New Haven School: the turn to instrumentalism; 4.2.4 Critical legal studies and deconstructivism in international law: international law as a language; 5. Deformalization of Law-Ascertainment in Contemporary Theory of the Sources of International Law; 5.1 The Various Manifestations of Deformalization of Law-Ascertainment in Contemporary International Legal Scholarship 327 $a5.2 The Softness of International Law5.3 The Diverging Agendas Behind the Deformalization of Law-Ascertainment; 6. Lessons from the Discontent with Formalism; 6.1 Assuming Indeterminacy of Law-Ascertainment Criteria; 6.2 The Politics of Formal Law-Ascertainment; 6.3 Normativity and Empirical Methodology; 7. The Configuration of Formal Ascertainment of International Law: The Source Thesis; 7.1 Dispelling the Illusion of Formalism Accompanying Formal Evidentiary, Law-Making, and Content-Determining Processes 327 $a7.2 Ascertainment of International Legal Rules in Traditional Source Doctrines and Case-Law 330 $aThis book revisits the theory of the sources of international law from the perspective of formalism. It critically analyzes the virtues of formalism, construed as a theory of law ascertainment, as a means of distinguishing between law and non-law. The theory of formalism is re-evaluated against the backdrop of the growing acceptance by international legal theorists of the blurring of the lines between law and non-law. At the same time, the book acknowledges that much internationalnormative activity nowadays takes place outside the ambit of traditional international law and that only a limited 410 0$aOxford Monographs in International Law 606 $aInternational law$xPhilosophy 606 $aInternational law$xInterpretation and construction 606 $aLegal positivism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational law$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aInternational law$xInterpretation and construction. 615 0$aLegal positivism. 676 $a285 700 $aAspremont$b Jean d'$0515996 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457475403321 996 $aFormalism and the sources of international law$9853851 997 $aUNINA