International Law and International Relations

<p>This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second World War.</p><p>Written by leading experts in the fields of international law and international relations, it argues that such interdisciplinary research is central to the creation of a knowledge base among IR scholars and lawyers for the effective analysis and governance of macro and micro phenomena. </p><p>International law is at the heart of international relations, but due to challenges of codification and enforceability, its apparent impact has been predominantly limited to commercial and civil arrangements. International lawyers have been saying for years that 'law matters' in international affairs and now current events are proving them right. </p><p><em>International Law and International Relations</em> makes a powerful contribution to the theory and practice of global security by initiating a research agenda, building an empirical base and offering a multidisciplinary approach that provides concrete answers to real-world problems of governance.</p><p>This book will be of great interest to all students of international law, international relations and governance.</p> <p>Foreword <em>John Tirman</em> Acknowledgements <strong>Introduction </strong>1. International Law and International Politics: Old Divides, New Developments <em>Veronica Raffo, Chandra Lekha Sriram, Peter Spiro, and Thomas Biersteker </em><strong>Small Arms and Light Weapons </strong>2. Moving Forward? Assessing Normative and Legal Progress in Dealing with Small Arms <em>Robert Muggah</em> 3. Small Arms, Violence, and the Course of Conflicts <em>William Reno</em> 4. Commentary: A World Drowning in Guns <em>Harold Hongju Koh </em><strong>Terrorism </strong>5. International Terrorism, Nonstate Actors, and the Logic of Transnational Mobilization: A Perspective from International Relations <em>Fiona Adamson </em>6. Crying War <em>Mary Ellen O’Connell </em>7. Preemption and Exception: International Law and the Revolutionary Power <em>Gerry Simpson and Nicholas J. Wheeler </em>8. Commentary: Convergence of International Law and International Relations in Combating International Terrorism: The Role of the United Nations Commentary <em>Curtis A. Ward </em><strong>Internally Displaced People </strong>9. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the Development of International Norms <em>Francis M. Deng </em>10. Privately Generated Soft Law in International Governance: Comment on Francis M. Deng <em>Kenneth W. Abbott </em><strong>International Criminal Accountability </strong>11. The International Criminal Court and Universal International Jurisdiction: A Return to First Principles <em>Leila Nadya Sadat </em>12. International Humanitarian Law: State Collusion and the Conundrum of Jurisdiction <em>Madeleine Morris </em>13. Whose Justice? Reconciling Universal Jurisdiction with Democratic Principles <em>Diane F. Orentlicher</em> 14. Bringing Security Back In: International Relations Theory and Moving Beyond the "Justice vs. Peace" Dilemma in Transitional Societies <em>Chandra Lekha Sriram and Youssef Mahmoud </em>15. International Criminal Accountability at the Intersection of Law and Politics: A Commentary <em>Ellen L. Lutz </em><strong>Conclusions </strong>16. Disaggregating US Interests in International Law: Sketching a Theory of Liberal Transnationalism <em>Peter J. Spiro </em>17. New Directions, New Collaborations for International Law and International Relations <em>Martha Finnemore </em>18. International Relations and International Law: From Competition to Complementarity <em>Clarence J. Dias </em>Selected Bibliography Index</p>