Philosophy of International Law
Anthony Carty
Abstract
This book offers an internal critique of the discipline of international law while showing the necessary place for philosophy within it. By reintroducing philosophy into the heart of the study of international law, the author explains how traditional philosophy has always been an integral part of the discipline. However, this philosophy has been driven out by legal positivism, which has, in turn become a pure technique of law. The author explores the extent of the disintegration and confusion in the discipline, and offers various ways of renewing philosophical practice. The book covers a range ... More
Keywords: international law, philosophy, legal positivism, international society, geopolitics, constitutional theory, existential phenomenology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 | Print ISBN-13: 9780748622559 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748622559.001.0001 |
