Sources of International Law

Contents: Sources Theory: Towards a theory of international obligation, Oscar Schachter; What is international law and how do we tell it when we see it?, Robert Y. Jennings; Some problems regarding the formal sources of international law, Gerald G. Fitzmaurice; Theses about international law discourse, David Kennedy. Relative Normality: Towards relative normativity in international law, Prosper Weil; Relative normativity in international law, Ulrich Fastenrath; The redundancy of soft law, Jan Klabbers; In defence of relative normativity: communitarian values and the Nicaragua case, John Tasioulas. Customary Law: Custom as a source of international law, Michael Akehurst; Human rights as norms of customary international law, Anthony D'Amato; The approach of the different drummer: the principle of the persistent objector in international law, Ted L. Stein. General Principles and Equity: General principles: reflections on constructivist thinking in international law, Martti Koskenniemi; The role of equity in international law, Vaughan Lowe. The Completeness of the Law: Some observations on the prohibition of 'non liquet' and the completeness of the law, Hersch Lauterpacht; 'Non liquet' and the function of the law in the international community, Julius Stone; International lawmaking: a process of communication: The Harold D. Lasswell Memorial Lecture, W. Michael Reisman; Imagined consent; democratic liberalism in international legal theory, Gerry J. Simpson; Faith, identity and the killing of the innocent: international lawyers and nuclear weapons, Martti Koskenniemi; Name index.

Biography

Martti Koskenniemi