The Dynamics of International Law

Paul F Diehl author Charlotte Ku author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Jan '10

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Offers a new framework for analysing international law and presents a theory of international legal change.

This book offers a new way to classify international law and presents a theory of international legal change. Analysis includes extended discussions of genocide, non-governmental organizations, and other issues of contemporary interest.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.

"Diehl and Ku's book, particularly its focus on the normative and operating systems, contributes nicely to this growing literature on international legal change." Jacob Katz CoganUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law

ISBN: 9780521121477

Dimensions: 230mm x 153mm x 10mm

Weight: 350g

214 pages