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Is International Law International? by Anthea Roberts (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Is International Law International? by Anthea Roberts, Martti Koskenniemi This book 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. International law in the United States and in the United Kingdom looks different compared to international law in China and Russia, though some approaches (particularly Western, Anglo-American ones) are moreinfluential outside their borders than others. Given shifts in geopolitical power and the rise of non-Western powers like China, it is increasingly important for international lawyers to understand how others coming from diverse backgrounds approach the field. By examining the international lawacademies 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Winner of the ASIL 2018 Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship. This book takes the reader on a sweeping tour of the international legal field to reveal some of the patterns of difference, dominance, and disruption that belie international laws claim to universality. Pulling back the curtain on the "divisible college of international lawyers", Anthea Roberts shows how international lawyers in different states, regions, and geopolitical groupings are often subject to distinct incoming influences and outgoing spheres of influence in ways that reflect and reinforce differences in how they understand and approach international law. These divisions manifest themselves in contemporary controversies, such as debates about Crimea and the South China Sea.Not all approaches to international law are created equal, however. Using case studies and visual representations, the author demonstrates how actors and materials from some states and groups have come to dominate certain transnational flows and forums in ways that make them disproportionately influential in constructing the "international". This point holds true for Western actors, materials, and approaches in general, and for Anglo-American (and sometimes French) ones in particular.However, these patterns are set for disruption. As the world moves past an era of Western dominance and toward greater multipolarity, it is imperative for international lawyers to understand the perspectives and approaches of those coming from diverse backgrounds. By taking readers on a comparative tour of different international law academies and textbooks, the author encourages them to see the world through the eyes of others - an essential skill in this fast changing world of shifting power dynamics and rising nationalism. Author Biography Anthea Roberts is Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University. She specializes in public international law, investment treaty law and arbitration, and comparative international law. Anthea previously taught at the London School of Economics as well as Columbia and Harvard Law Schools. She is on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of International Law, ICSID Review, and the Journal of World Investment and Trade, and blogs for EJIL: Talk! She has twice won the Francis Deák Prize for the best AJIL article by a younger scholar. Anthea serves as a Reporter for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, and has experience serving as an arbitrator, counsel, and expert in international disputes. Table of Contents List of FiguresList of TablesForeword by Martii KoskenniemiPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1: The Divisible College of International LawyersI. DifferenceII. DominanceIII. Disruption2: Project DesignI. General FrameworkII. The Actors and Materials StudiedIII. The States and Universities StudiedIV. Important Concepts and FactorsV. Three Points of Method3: Comparing International Law AcademicsI. The Global Flow of Students and IdeasII. Comparing Educational ProfilesIII. Comparing Publication PlacementsIV. Comparing Links Between Academia and Practice4: Comparing International Law Textbooks and CasebooksI. Preliminary Points of MethodII. The Nationalized/Denationalized DivideIII. Inconsistent ApproachesIV. A Tendency to Look WestV. A Lack of Diverse ComparativismVI. Divisions Between the Western and Non-Western BooksVII. Divisions Between Western Books5: Patterns of Difference and DominanceI. Comparing International Legal AcademiesII. Identifying Scholarly Silos and Attempts to ConnectIII. Identifying Patterns of Dominance6: Disruptions Leading to a Competitive World OrderI. Shifting to a Competitive World OrderII. Disagreements in Practice, Not Just Words ConclusionAppendix A. Academics Included in the StudyAppendix B. Scholars Referred to in Select Chinese and Russian International Law TextbooksAppendix C. Tables of Content for International Law TextbooksAppendix D. Chinese Research Funding by TopicBibliography*Books and ReportsBook ChaptersJournal Articles and Book ReviewsNewspapers, Magazines, and BlogsCasesInternet SourcesSpeeches and AudioStatutes, Government Statements and DecreesOtherIndex Review "Roberts turns a beguilingly simple question into a globe-trotting, multi-method quest for a map of international laws players and meanings. Simultaneously irreverent and serious-minded, Roberts develops an original research agenda that takes her and the reader through the migratory flows of international lawyers around the world, the divergent methods through which they are educated, and the different professional tracks through which they are socialized. The book does not just dissolve international laws myths of universality; it is a nascent sociology of the field of international law and the beginning of a new field of comparative international law. In an era in which Western dominance over international law no longer looks certain, this book provides the tools for a more nuanced understanding of international laws politics, revealing the deeper meanings and stakes of current debates." - ASIL 2018 Book Awards Committee "I enjoyed reading this book tremendously and have kept coming back to the staggering view of the international law world it offers over again. I am very serious when I say that nothing in the field will be quite the same after this book has been published. It is such an eye-opener." - Martti Koskenniemi, Professor of International Law (University of Helsinki), and Director, Erik Castrén Institute of International law and Human Rights "According to a common stereotype, international lawyers are cosmopolitans. In this truly remarkable inquiry, Anthea Roberts shows that their cosmopolitanism remains hostage to a world of nation-states. For Americans in particular, it is disturbing to learn how international law in their country remains parochial. International lawyers across the spectrum in the United States emerge from a particular intellectual sociology, from their professionalization in their practice, even when they speak in a universalist voice - in the languages they (do not) learn, to the textbooks they use, and from the foreign affairs and national security law from which they approach the field, to the concrete positions on matters such as humanitarian intervention they take. Roberts has written a masterpiece." - Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law, Yale Law School "This book is a must-read for every international lawyer and negotiator. It thoroughly deconstructs the notion that there is a uniform college of international lawyers who all think alike. It helps us to reflect on our own background and the frame within which we think, and to also recognize and understand the others. This is of utmost importance at a time when international legal cooperation is threatened." - Anne van Aaken, Professor for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law, and European Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland "Asking the disarming question of whether international law is international, Anthea Roberts takes readers on an ingenious tour of the global flow of people and ideas in international law, the role of nationalism and transnational hierarchies in creating unequal and divisible colleges, and the implications for foreign policy and for the future of international law. The book is built on painstaking research into the educational background of international law scholars, where they publish and in what languages, how international law casebooks and treatises differ both within the west and from the materials in China and Russia. It is a stellar contribution to international law, the study of globalization and legal education, comparative law, international relations, and the sociology of legal knowledge." - Bryant Garth, Chancellors Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession, University of California, Irvine School of Law, United States "Roberts has raised a fundamental issue that both international lawyers and decision-makers cannot afford to ignore in this era of shifting power. This issue is whether international law is international, as people might have taken for granted for decades or centuries, and how the international is likely to evolve with the rise of new great powers, like China. Her perspective is absolutely unique. Textbooks and casebooks, educational backgrounds, academic publications, and connections to practice - factors that have a significant influence on how international lawyers construct their understanding of the field but whose importance are often overlooked - are painstakingly collected, well-organized and cogently analyzed to support her arguments. What Roberts exhibits, through this book, is not only the strength of her academic insight but her ability to recognize and understand the perspectives of others." - Cai Congyan, Professor of international law of Xiamen University School of Law "The results of Anthea Robertss investigation sound an alarm for all stakeholders in the field of International Law: the author calls on all of us to recognize the necessity of tearing down the mask of internationality from the discipline in its current state and paves the way for changes towards a truly international International Law. Thoughtful and inspiring." - Vera Rusinova, Professor of the Chair for Public and Private International Law, National Research University, The Higher School of Economics, Russia "Robertss groundbreaking study brings important and new insights into the sociology of the production of international law. It charts the regional and cultural islands that dot this supposedly cosmopolitan sea and provides a deep critique of the fields universalist aspirations/pretensions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the international law project, whether working from the inside or as an external observer." - Paul Stephan, John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, United States "For a French international lawyer who by necessity has to work in (at least) two languages and navigate different cultural universes, there is no doubt that international law is indeed international, as a crucible of diverse legal cultures. Yet, as Anthea Robertss (both intrepid and convincing) book demonstrates, in fact international law needs to be more international and less imperialist in the ways it is formed, practiced and conceptualized. From that perspective, Robertss invigorating analysis of national approaches to international law provides a salutary reappraisal of the law of nations that will no doubt frame the field in the future." - Mathias Forteau, Professor of Public Law, University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre La Défense, France "International law is full of myths. One of these is the global, universal character of the discipline that distances it from narrow national interests and mindsets. Anthea Robertss book investigates this myth in depth and shows how, contrary to the self-depiction of much of the discipline, international legal scholarship differs heavily across countries, is shaped by national traditions and institutional structures, and often follows patterns of dominance in the international system. This is a major achievement that should lead us to ask major questions about international law in a different light. Perhaps the most pressing of these - is international law distinct from international politics, and how? - will now have to be tackled in a far more nuanced way. Thinking about international law will never be quite the same again." - Nico Krisch, Professor of International Law, the Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland "Anthea Robertss book has the potential of re-defining how we think about international law and its realities, both beyond and within the West. It shows us the field of international law in a new light and will open new directions for international legal research in the coming decades." - Lauri Mälksoo, Professor of International Law at the University of Tartu, Estonia and the author of Russian Approaches to International Law (OUP 2015) "Anthea Robertss book can be compared to a high-quality aerial picture of national and regional international law academias that live on the same planet as neighbours, but barely acknowledge each others existence and language. A product of excellent research and very thoughtful observation, the book speaks of differences, yet one of its aftertastes is a sudden sense of how similar all the nationalized approaches are in their parochiality. Roberts destroys the myth of universality only to open a way to genuine understanding of similarities in each other." - Maria Issaeva, Managing Partner, Threefold Legal Advisors, Russia "Of Anthea Robertss magisterial new book: Instantly, it is a classic that anyone who wants to reflect on the field must read The central virtue of Professor Robertss study is that it is brilliantly and rigorously empirical, based on an extraordinary survey of how training, scholarship, and service in international law actually take place across the world Both hard-bitten realists about the endurance of international struggle and idealists who hope for a more unified humanity must now start with Professor Robertss book." - Sam Moyn, awfare "Robertss new book, marshals an extensive body of original research to suggest that there are significant cross-national variations in the ideological and doctrinal content of international legal education . The [books] implications are far-reaching, and I truly view the book as required reading for anyone interested in international law." - Ryan Scoville, Lawfare "This provocative and yet very simple question unleashes a distruptive conceptual earthquake: what if that right that we consider universal par excellance was not international at all? . Although the answers to these provocations might seem obvious, their implications are far from being predictable - if only we take them seriously into account as Anthea Roberts does." - Francesca Iurlaro, Guerra e Diritto Internazionale Promotional Winner of the ASIL 2018 Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship Prizes Winner of Winner of the ASIL 2018 Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship Winner of the 2017 Global Discourse Award for interdisciplinary contemporary thought applied to global problems Shortlisted for the 2019 Hart-SLSA Book Prize Longlisted for the CHASS (Council for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) Australia Book Prize Honorable Mention for the International Studies Associations Best International Law Book Award. Long Description This book takes the reader on a sweeping tour of the international legal field to reveal some of the patterns of difference, dominance, and disruption that belie international laws claim to universality. Pulling back the curtain on the "divisible college of international lawyers", Anthea Roberts shows how international lawyers in different states, regions, and geopolitical groupings are often subject to distinct incoming influences and outgoing spheres of influence in ways that reflect and reinforce differences in how they understand and approach international law. These divisions manifest themselves in contemporary controversies, such as debates about Crimea and the South China Sea. Not all approaches to international law are created equal, however. Using case studies and visual representations, the author demonstrates how actors and materials from some states and groups have come to dominate certain transnational flows and forums in ways that make them disproportionately influential in constructing the "international". This point holds true for Western actors, materials, and approaches in general, and for Anglo-American (and sometimes French) ones in particular. However, these patterns are set for disruption. As the world moves past an era of Western dominance and toward greater multipolarity, it is imperative for international lawyers to understand the perspectives and approaches of those coming from diverse backgrounds. By taking readers on a comparative tour of different international law academies and textbooks, the author encourages them to see the world through the eyes of others - an essential skill in this fast changing world of shifting powerdynamics and rising nationalism. Review Text "Roberts turns a beguilingly simple question into a globe-trotting, multi-method quest for a map of international laws players and meanings. Simultaneously irreverent and serious-minded, Roberts develops an original research agenda that takes her and the reader through the migratory flows of international lawyers around the world, the divergent methods through which they are educated, and the different professional tracks through which they are socialized. The book does not just dissolve international laws myths of universality; it is a nascent sociology of the field of international law and the beginning of a new field of comparative international law. In an era in which Western dominance over international law no longer looks certain, this book provides the tools for a more nuanced understanding of international laws politics, revealing the deeper meanings and stakes of current debates." - ASIL 2018 Book Awards Committee "I enjoyed reading this book tremendously and have kept coming back to the staggering view of the international law world it offers over again. I am very serious when I say that nothing in the field will be quite the same after this book has been published. It is such an eye-opener." - Martti Koskenniemi, Professor of International Law (University of Helsinki), and Director, Erik Castr Review Quote "There is so much to be commended about this book. It reads almost like a novel, such is its engaging style and wealth of information and insights into the collective minds of international legal communities." -- Alessandra Asteriti, Italian Yearbook of International Law "In what has already become an instant and award-winning classic of the international legal canon, Anthea Roberts Is International Law International? provides a welcome insight into how international law is approached across domestic contexts - a process she identifies as "comparative international law". ... Rather than asking that age old question: Is international law, law?, she considers instead: Is international law international? In doing so, she issues a powerful counterclaim to international laws appeal to both universality and to neutrality." -- Miriam Bak McKenna, Nordic Journal of International Law "For a field already concerned with the problem of fragmentation in legal regimes and conflicting norms, Roberts helps to bring into view the human dimension of such changes in the form of fragmented, even to some degree mutually oblivious communities of international lawyers in different national settings. The book effectively identifies and establishes the importance of key (and sometimes surprising) differences in educational background, professional activities, linguistic and networking characteristics, as well as the textbooks and scholarly authorities relied upon by these various communities." -- Ryan Mitchell, The Modern Law Review "Roberts turns a beguilingly simple question into a globe-trotting, multi-method quest for a map of international laws players and meanings. Simultaneously irreverent and serious-minded, Roberts develops an original research agenda that takes her and the reader through the migratory flows of international lawyers around the world, the divergent methods through which they are educated, and the different professional tracks through which they are socialized. The book does not just dissolve international laws myths of universality; it is a nascent sociology of the field of international law and the beginning of a new field of comparative international law. In an era in which Western dominance over international law no longer looks certain, this book provides the tools for a more nuanced understanding of international laws politics, revealing the deeper meanings and stakes of current debates." - ASIL 2018 Book Awards Committee "According to a common stereotype, international lawyers are cosmopolitans. In this truly remarkable inquiry, Anthea Roberts shows that their cosmopolitanism remains hostage to a world of nation-states. For Americans in particular, it is disturbing to learn how international law in their country remains parochial. International lawyers across the spectrum in the United States emerge from a particular intellectual sociology, from their professionalization in their practice, even when they speak in a universalist voice - in the languages they (do not) learn, to the textbooks they use, and from the foreign affairs and national security law from which they approach the field, to the concrete positions on matters such as humanitarian intervention they take. Roberts has written a masterpiece." - Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law, Yale Law School "This book is a must-read for every international lawyer and negotiator. It thoroughly deconstructs the notion that there is a uniform college of international lawyers who all think alike. It helps us to reflect on our own background and the frame within which we think, and to also recognize and understand the others. This is of utmost importance at a time when international legal cooperation is threatened." -Anne van Aaken, Professor for Law and Economics, Legal Theory, Public International Law, and European Law, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland "Asking the disarming question of whether international law is international, Anthea Roberts takes readers on an ingenious tour of the global flow of people and ideas in international law, the role of nationalism and transnational hierarchies in creating unequal and divisible colleges, and the implications for foreign policy and for the future of international law. The book is built on painstaking research into the educational background of international law scholars, where they publish and in what languages, how international law casebooks and treatises differ both within the west and from the materials in China and Russia. It is a stellar contribution to international law, the study of globalization and legal education, comparative law, international relations, and the sociology of legal knowledge." - Bryant Garth, Chancellors Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Empirical Research on the Legal Profession, University of California, Irvine School of Law, United States "Roberts has raised a fundamental issue that both international lawyers and decision-makers cannot afford to ignore in this era of shifting power. This issue is whether international law is international, as people might have taken for granted for decades or centuries, and how the international is likely to evolve with the rise of new great powers, like China. Her perspective is absolutely unique... What Roberts exhibits, through this book, is not only the strength of her academic insight but her ability to recognize and understand the perspectives of others." - Cai Congyan, Professor of international law of Xiamen University School of Law "The results of Anthea Robertss investigation sound an alarm for all stakeholders in the field of International Law: the author calls on all of us to recognize the necessity of tearing down the mask of internationality from the discipline in its current state and paves the way for changes towards a truly international International Law. Thoughtful and inspiring." - Vera Rusinova, Professor of the Chair for Public and Private International Law, National Research University, The Higher School of Economics, Russia "Robertss groundbreaking study brings important and new insights into the sociology of the production of international law. It charts the regional and cultural islands that dot this supposedly cosmopolitan sea and provides a deep critique of the fields universalist aspirations/pretensions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the international law project, whether working from the inside or as an external observer."- Paul Stephan, John C. Jeffries, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, United States "For a French international lawyer who by necessity has to work in (at least) two languages and navigate different cultural universes, there is no doubt that international law is indeed international, as a crucible of diverse legal cultures. Yet, as Anthea Robertss (both intrepid and convincing) book demonstrates, in fact international law needs to be more international and less imperialist in the ways it is formed, practiced and conceptualized. From that perspective, Robertss invigorating analysis of national approaches to international law provides a salutary reappraisal of the law of nations that will no doubt frame the field in the future." - Mathias Forteau, Professor of Public Law, University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre La D Promotional "Headline" Winner of the ASIL 2018 Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship New Feature List of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Martti Koskenniemi Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. The Divisible College of International Lawyers I. Difference II. Dominance III. Disruption 2. Project Design I. General Framework II. The Actors and Materials Studied III. The States and Universities Studied IV. Important Concepts and Factors V. Three Points of Method 3. Comparing International Law Academics I. The Global Flow of Students and Ideas II. Comparing Educational Profiles III. Comparing Publication Placements IV. Comparing Links Between Academia and Practice 4. Comparing International Law Textbooks and Casebooks I. Preliminary Points of Method II. The Nationalized/ Denationalized Divide III. Inconsistent Approaches IV. A Tendency to Look West V. A Lack of Diverse Comparativism VI. Divisions Between the Western and Non- Western Books VII. Divisions Between Western Books 5. Patterns of Difference and Dominance I. Comparing International Legal Academies II. Identifying Scholarly Silos and Attempts to Connect III. Identifying Patterns of Dominance 6. Disruptions Leading to a Competitive World Order I. Shifting to a Competitive World Order II. Disagreements in Practice, Not Just Words Conclusion Appendix A. Academics Included in the Study Appendix B. Scholars Referred to in Select Chinese and Russian International Law Textbooks Appendix C. Tables of Content for International Law Textbooks Appendix D. Chinese Research Funding by Topic Bibliography Books and Reports Book Chapters Journal Articles and Book Reviews Newspapers, Magazines, and Blogs Cases Internet Sources Speeches and Audio Statutes, Government Statements, and Decrees Other Index Details ISBN0190696419 Author Martti Koskenniemi ISBN-10 0190696419 ISBN-13 9780190696412 Format Hardcover DEWEY 341 Position Associate Professor Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Pages 432 Affiliation Associate Professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University Language English Publication Date 2017-10-19 UK Release Date 2017-10-19 Year 2017 AU Release Date 2017-10-19 NZ Release Date 2017-10-19 US Release Date 2017-10-19 Alternative 9780190066055 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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