Economic Foundations of International Law / A. O Sykes, Eric A. Posner.
Posner, Eric A., author.; Sykes, A. O, author.
2013
KZ1252
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Title Economic Foundations of International Law / A. O Sykes, Eric A. Posner.
Author Posner, Eric A., author.
ISBN 9780674067639
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067639
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (374 p.) : 2 line illustrations, 4 tables
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/harvard.9780674067639 doi
Call Number KZ1252
Dewey Decimal Classification 341/.1
Summary The ever-increasing exchange of goods and ideas among nations, as well as cross-border pollution, global warming, and international crime, pose urgent questions for international law. Here, two respected scholars provide an intellectual framework for assessing these pressing legal problems from a rational choice perspective. The approach assumes that states are rational, forward-looking agents which use international law to address the actions of other states that may have consequences for their own citizens, and to obtain the benefits of international cooperation. It further assumes that in the absence of a central enforcement agency-that is, a world government-international law must be self-enforcing. States must believe that if they violate international agreements, other states will retaliate. Consequently, Eric A. Posner and Alan O. Sykes devote considerable attention to the challenges of enforcing international law, which begin with the difficulties of determining what it is. In the absence of an international constitution, the sources for international law are vague. Lawyers must rely on statements contained in all manner of official documents and on simple observation of states' behavior. This looseness leads international institutions such as the United Nations to deliver conflicting interpretations of the law's most basic principles. The authors describe the conditions under which international law succeeds or fails, across a wide range of issues, including war crimes, human rights, international criminal law, principles of state responsibility, law of the sea, international trade regulation, and international investment law.
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Frontmatter
Contents
I Basics
1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of International Law
3. Economic Analysis of International Law- the Essentials
II General Aspects of International Law
4. Sovereignty and Attributes of Statehood
5. Customary International Law
6. Treaties
7. International Institutions
8. State Responsibility
9. Remedies
10. The Intersection between International Law and Domestic Law
III Traditional Public International Law
11. Treatment of Aliens, Foreign Property, and Foreign Debt
12. The Use of Force
13. The Conduct of War
14. Human Rights
15. International Criminal Law
IV The Environment
16. International Environmental Law
17. The Law of the Sea
V International Economic Law
18. International Trade
19. International Investment, Antitrust, and Monetary Law
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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