Biersteker Thomas J., Spiro Peter J., Sriram Chandra Lekha, Raffo Veronica. International law and international relations

Routledge, 2007. — 313 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. 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. 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. "International Law and International Relations" 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 designed to provide concrete answers to real-world problems of governance. This book will be of great interest to all students of international law, international relations and governance.international law and international politics – old divides, new developments
Small arms and light weapons
Moving forward? Assessing normative and legal progress in dealing with small arms
Small arms, violence, and the course of conflicts.
Commentary: a world drowning in guns
Terrorism
International terrorism, nonstate actors, and transnational political mobilization: a perspective from International Relations
Crying war
Preemption and exception: international law and the revolutionary power
Commentary: convergence of international law and international relations in combating international terrorism – the role of the United Nations
Internally displaced people
The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and the development of international norms Commentary: privately generated soft law in international governance
International criminal accountability
The International Criminal Court and universal international jurisdiction: a return to first principles International humanitarian law: state collusion and the conundrum of jurisdiction
Whose justice? Reconciling universal jurisdiction with democratic principles