International Law as Law

Mégret, Frédéric

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International Law as Law

Frederic Megret

McGill University - Faculty of Law

September 6, 2010

CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, James Crawford and Martti Koskenniemi, eds., 2010

Abstract:
This draft chapter is an attempt to discuss debates on the character of international law as a legal system. The chapter seeks to identify certain ideal-typical characteristics of international law and sees how those affect the debate on whether international law is "really law." It suggests that international law's distinctivness is that it is a legal system that resists both reform through centralization, absorption by empires, or dissolution through privatization. Note: this is a non-edited version, only the published version is complete and quotable.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 26

Keywords: international law

JEL Classification: K33

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Date posted: September 6, 2010 ; Last revised: November 8, 2010

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Megret, Frederic, International Law as Law (September 6, 2010). CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, James Crawford and Martti Koskenniemi, eds., 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1672824

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