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    When international law works : realistic idealism after 9/11 and the global recession / Tai-Heng Cheng.

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    • Title:When international law works : realistic idealism after 9/11 and the global recession / Tai-Heng Cheng.
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    • Author/Creator:Cheng, Tai-Heng.
    • Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:International law.
    • Description:xiv, 341 pages ; 24 cm.
    • Summary:"When International Law Works stands to change the way states and scholars look at this contentious topic. In this seminal work, Professor Tai-Heng Cheng addresses the current international law debates and transcends them. Working from influential statements on international law by such scholars as Goldsmith, Posner, O'Connell, and Guzman, Cheng presents a new framework that states should consider when they confront an international problem that implicates the often competing interests of both their own communities and the global legal order. Instead of advocating for or against international law as legitimate or binding, as many commentators do, Cheng acknowledges both its shortcomings and benefits while presenting a practical means of deciding whether compliance in a given circumstance is beneficial, moral, or necessary. To demonstrate how his new proposal for approaching international law would work in a real crisis, Cheng provides numerous case studies from contemporary history that test his theory. Ranging topically from the current global economic crisis to the West's war on jihadist terrorism, these detailed and demonstrative case studies set this book apart from similar works of international legal scholarship. By combining theory with practice, When International Law Works gives policymakers, academics, and students 'real world' guidance on how to face new global problems. In doing so, this new book challenges readers to rethink the role of law in an increasingly crisis-driven world"--Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780195370171 (hardback)
      0195370171 (hardback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Confronting Anxieties about International Law
      I. What Should Decisionmakers Do?
      II. Contemporary Debates
      III. Thesis
      A. Central Case
      B. Effectiveness
      C. Legitimacy
      IV. Terms
      V. Outline of Inquiry
      VI. Conclusion
      2. Politics of Theorizing
      I. Political Stakes
      II. Evidence of Law
      III. Theories from Facts
      A. Early Modernism
      B. Late Modernism
      C. Postmodernism
      IV. Choices in Theories
      V. Reasons for Choices
      VI. Conclusion
      3. Legalism and Morality
      I. Framing the Inquiry
      II. Choices
      III. Legalism
      A. UN Security Council
      B. International Court of Justice
      C. Conclusions About Legalism
      IV. Morality of International Law
      A. Basic Values
      B. Moral Obligations
      C. Realist Critiques
      D. Liberal Critique
      E. Legal Obligations
      V. Guidance to Officials
      A. Morality
      B. Institutional Functions
      C. Effectiveness
      D. Indeterminacy Paradox
      VI. Conclusion
      4. Judges
      I. Theory
      A. Judicial Functions
      B. General Morality
      C. Specific Morality
      D. Effectiveness
      II. Praxis
      A. Pedra Branca Case
      1. Legalism
      2. Morality
      3. Effectiveness
      B. Nicaragua Case
      1. Legalism
      a. Provisional Measures
      b. El Salvador's Intervention
      c. Decision on Jurisdiction
      d. Merits
      2. Effectiveness
      3. Morality
      4. Feedback Loops
      C. Avena Case
      1. Legalism
      2. Effectiveness
      3. Morality
      4. Feedback Loops
      III. Conclusion
      5. Arbitrators
      I. Theory
      A. Arbitral Functions
      B. General Morality
      C. Specific Morality
      D. Effectiveness
      II. Praxis
      A. United States-Stainless Steel (Mexico), Implementing Award
      B. Loewen Group, Inc. v. United States of America
      C. CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Argentine Republic, Decision on Annulment
      III. Conclusion
      6. Regulators
      I. Theory
      II. Praxis
      A. Global Financial Crisis
      B. Responses and Decisions of Regulators
      1. Crisis Management
      2. Regulatory Reform
      C. Guidance to Regulators
      III. Conclusion
      7. Legal Advisors
      I. Theory
      A. Legal Advisor's Functions
      B. General Morality
      C. Specific Morality
      D. Interests and Effectiveness
      II. Praxis
      A. Abu Ghraib Prison
      B. Waterboarding
      1. Factual Assumptions
      2. International Legal Prescriptions
      3. Interrogation Memoranda
      4. General Morality
      5. Specific Morality
      6. Guidance to Advisors
      7. Qualifications
      III. Conclusion
      8. Officials
      I. Theory
      II. Praxis
      A. 1990 Gulf War
      1. Specific Morality
      2. General Morality and Effectiveness
      3. Feedback Loops
      B. 1999 NATO Bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
      1. General Morality
      2. Specific Morality
      3. Feedback Loops
      C. 2003 Invasion of Iraq
      1. General Morality
      2. Specific Morality
      3. Feedback Loops
      III. Conclusion
      9. Law Beyond Laws
      I. Reframing Debates
      II. Situating Among Theories
      III. Results from Case Studies
      IV. Conclusion.
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