Foundations of international law and politics

This book bridges the two topics of international law and international politics and can be used in a variety of ways: as a supplement to a casebook in an introductory course in international or transnational law, or as a reader in an advanced course or seminar on international law. The Foundations of Law Series offers a collection of comprehensive readings that provide an interdisciplinary perspective on a substantive legal field. Edited by scholars who have made important contributions, the readings are designed to provide an accessible introduction to the leading scholarship in a field. Accompanying notes and questions permit students to engage fully in the literature on their own, as well as to aid their understanding of material covered in classes.

I. International law and international relations : an introduction. International organization and the study of world politics / Peter J. Katzenstein, Robert O. Keohane, Stephen D. Krasner -- Why do nations obey? / Harold Hongju Koh -- II. Interest-based theories of state behavior. A. Realism. The twenty years' crisis / E.H. Carr -- Politics among nations / H.J. Morgenthau -- Theory of international politics / Kenneth Waltz -- B. Institutionalism. Institutional theory and the realist challenge after the Cold War / Robert O. Keohane -- International law : a compliance-based theory / Andrew Guzman -- C. Liberal theory. Taking preferences seriously : a liberal theory of international politics / Andrew Moravcsik -- A liberal theory of international law / Anne-Marie Slaughter -- International law : comment / Jose E. Alvarez -- III. A. Norm-based theories of state behavior. National interests in international society / Martha Finnemore -- What makes the world hang together : neo-utilitarianism and the social constructivist challenge / John Gerard Ruggie -- Anarchy is what states make of it : the social construction of power politics / Alexander Wendt -- B. Theories of fairness and legitimacy. International law / H.L.A. Hart -- Legitimacy and authority in international politics / Ian Hurd -- Fairness in international law and institutions / Thomas M. Franck -- C. Legal process theories. 1. Managerial theory ("horizontal legal process"). The new sovereignty / Abram Chayes, Antonie Handler Chayes -- Is the good news about compliance good news about cooperation? / George W. Downs, David M. Rocke, Peter N. Barsoom -- 2. Transnational legal process theory ("horizontal and vertical legal process"). New international legal process / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- Why do nations obey? / Harold Hongju Koh -- Bringing international law home / Harold Hongju Koh -- IV. Applications. A. Human rights. The origins of human rights regimes : democratic delegation in postwar Europe / Andrew Moravcsik -- Activists beyond borders / Margaret E. Keck, Kathryn Sikkink -- The promise and limits of the international law of torture / Oona Hathaway -- B. The environment. Banning chlofluorocarbons : epistemic community efforts to protect stratospheric ozone / Peter Haas -- The interest-based explanation of international environmental policy / Detlef Sprinz, Tapani Vaahtoranta -- The legitimacy of international governance : a coming challenge for international environmental law? / Daniel Bodansky -- C. Trade. Three models of judicial institutions in international organizations : the European Union, the United Nations and the World Trade Organization / Jeffrey Michael Smith -- The WTO on trial / Susan Esserman, Robert Howse -- Enforcement and counter measures in the WTO : rules are rules, toward a more collective approach / Joost Pauwelyn -- The economic structure of renegotiation and dispute resolution in the World Trade Organization / Warren F. Schwartz, Alan O. Sykes -- D. Humanitarian intervention. Kosovo and the law of "humanitarian intervention" / Louis Henkin -- Benign hegemony? : Kosovo and article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter / Jules Lobel -- International relations theory, international law, and the regime governing atrocities in international conflicts / Kenneth W. Abbott -- E. International criminal law. Beyond impunity : can international criminal justice prevent future atrocities? / Payam Akahavan -- The limits of idealism / Jack L. Goldsmith, Stephen D. Krasner -- F. War. International law and the war in Iraq / John Yoo -- What happens now? : the United Nations after Iraq / Thomas M. Franck -- On American exceptionalism / Harold Hongju Koh.