Is international law international? / Anthea Roberts.

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...

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Main Author: Roberts, Anthea (Writer on international law) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Summary: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 more influential outside their borders than others. Given shifts in geopolitical power and the rise of non-Western powers like China, it.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190696429
0190696427
9780190696443
0190696443
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.