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Routledge Research in International Law

The series offers a space for new and emerging scholars of international law to publish original arguments, as well as presenting alternative perspectives from more established names in international legal research. Works cover both the theory and practice of international law, presenting innovative analyses of the nature and state of international law itself as well as more specific studies within particular disciplines. The series will explore topics such as the changes to the international legal order, the processes of law-making and law-enforcement, as well as the range of actors in public international law. The books will take a variety of different methodological approaches to the subject including interdisciplinary, critical legal studies, feminist, and Third World approaches, as well as the sociology of international law. Looking at the past, present and future of international law the series reflects the current vitality and diversity of international legal scholarship.

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1-10 of 19 results in Routledge Research in International Law

  1. The Law on the Use of Force

    A Feminist Analysis

    By Gina Heathcote

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    The book presents the international laws on the use of force whilst demonstrating the unique insight a feminist analysis offers this central area of international law. The book highlights key conceptual barriers to the enhanced application of the law of the use of force, and develops international...

    Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge

  2. International Law in a Multipolar World

    Edited by Matthew Happold

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. Yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to assert theuniversal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge

  3. The ICJ and the Evolution of International Law

    The Enduring Impact of the Corfu Channel Case

    Edited by Karine Bannelier, Théodore Christakis, Sarah Heathcote

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    In 1949 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its first judgment in the Corfu Channel Case. In diffusing an early Cold War dispute, the Court articulated a set of legal principles which continue to shape our appreciation of the international legal order. Many of the issues dealt...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge

  4. International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy

    Institutional Independence in the International Legal Order

    Edited by Richard Collins, Nigel D. White

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy is an exploratory text looking at the idea of intergovernmental organizations as autonomous international actors. In the context of concerns over the accountability of powerful international actors exercising increasing levels of legal and...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Self-Determination in the Post-9/11 Era

    By Elizabeth Chadwick

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    This book discusses the increasing tendency in certain government quarters to incorporate struggles by peoples for their self-determination into the wider anti-terrorist agenda of the post-9/11 era. This tendency distorts the laws of armed conflict and of peace alike. As inter-state anti-terrorist...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge

  6. The Changing Role of Nationality in International Law

    Edited by Serena Forlati, Alessandra Annoni

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    The book explores the current role of nationality from the point of view of international law, reassessing the validity of the ‘classical’, state-centered, approach to nationality in light of the ‘new’ role the human being is gradually acquiring within the international legal order. In this...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Reforming the UN Security Council Membership

    The illusion of representativeness

    By Sabine Hassler

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    This book comprehensively examines the different proposals put forward for reforming the UN Security Council by analysing their objectives and exploring whether the implementation of these proposals would actually create a representative and more effective Security Council. The book places the...

    Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge

  8. Threats of Force

    International Law and Strategy

    By Francis Grimal

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    Despite recent attempts by scholars to examine the absolute prohibition of threats of force under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, threats remain a largely un-chartered area in international law when compared with actual uses of force. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and utilising strategic...

    Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge

  9. Participants in the International Legal System

    Multiple Perspectives on Non-State Actors in International Law

    Edited by Jean d'Aspremont

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes over the last decade as new participants have emerged. International law-making and law-enforcement processes have become increasingly multi-layered with unprecedented numbers of non-State actors, including individuals, insurgents,...

    Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge

  10. The Right to Self-determination Under International Law

    “Selfistans,” Secession, and the Rule of the Great Powers

    By Milena Sterio

    Series: Routledge Research in International Law

    This book proposes a novel theory of self-determination; the Rule of the Great Powers. This book argues that traditional legal norms on self-determination have failed to explain and account for recent results of secessionist self-determination struggles. While secessionist groups like the East...

    Published November 4th 2012 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression
    By Patrycja Grzebyk
    To Be Published September 3rd 2013
  2. International Law-making: Essays in Honour of Jan Klabbers
    Edited by Rain Liivoja, Jarna Petman
    To Be Published November 2nd 2013
  3. Regional Maintenance of Peace and Security under International Law: The Distorted Mirrors
    By Dace Winther
    To Be Published November 11th 2013
  4. Resolving Claims to Self-Determination: Is there a role for the International Court of Justice and other legal tribunals?
    By Andrew Coleman
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  5. The Changing Nature of Customary International Law: Methods of Interpreting the Concept of Custom in International Criminal Tribunals
    By Noora Arajärvi
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  6. International Law and Boundary Disputes in Africa
    By Gbenga Oduntan
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  7. The Rise of Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka: From Communalism to Secession
    By G. Welhengama, Nirmala Pillay
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  8. Public-Private Partnerships and Responsibility under International Law: A global health perspective
    By Lisa Clarke
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  9. The United Nations and Collective Security
    By Gary Wilson
    To Be Published December 31st 2013
  10. Technology and the Law on the Use of Force: New Security Challenges in the Twenty First Century
    By Jackson Maogoto
    To Be Published April 14th 2014

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