The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective

Abstract

Set in the context of growing interdisciplinarity in legal research, The Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective provides a much-needed systematic and coherent review of the interactions between political economy and international law.

The contributors reflect the need felt by international lawyers to open their traditional frontiers to insights from other disciplines – and political economy in particular. The methodological approach of the book is to take the traditional list of topics for a general treatise of international law, and to systematically incorporate insights from political economy to each.

Students and scholars of political economy and international law will find the topics discussed to be of great interest to their work. This book will also provide valuable insights for economists, lawyers, and policy makers.

Contents:

Introduction Alberta Fabbricotti

PART I FRAMEWORK ISSUES 1. Political Economy of International Law: Towards a Holistic Model of State Behavior Anne Van Aaken and Joel P. Trachtman

PART II POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 2. The Political Economy of Customary International Law Niels Petersen

3. Can Political Economy Help Solve The Riddle of Customary International Law? Alessandra Gianelli

4. The Political Economy of Jus Cogens Paul B. Stephan

5. The Political Economy of International Treaties Panos Merkouris

6. Political Economy and the Decisions of International Organizations: Choosing Governance Arrangements Through Informality Ramses A. Wessel and Evisa Kica

PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 7. Political Economy of International Law: A Convenient Alliance for the Study of Compliance? Barbara Delcourt

8. International Political Economy and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Compliance with International Law Meredith Kolsky Lewis

9. The Political Economy of Judicial Production of International Law Paul B. Stephan

10. The Political Economy of The (Non-)Enforcement of International Human Rights Pronouncements by States Andreas Von Staden

11. The Political Economy of International Lawmaking by National Courts Eyal Benvenisti

12. Political Economy and the Responsibility of States: The Problem of Many Hands in International Law André Nollkaemper

PART IV POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SUBSTANTIVE FIELDS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 13. The Political Economy of Regional Trade Agreements Alberta Fabbricotti

14. Political Economy and International Investment Law: The Conclusion of IIAs by Developing Countries during the Twentieth Century Tobias A. Lehmann

15. Political Economy and International Water Law: Political Economy Induced Changes to the Uptake of Benefit Sharing in International Water Law Laurence Boisson De Chazournes and Christina Leb

16. Political Economy and the Protection of Human Rights: Political Economy and Compliance with Human Rights Treaties Ulyana Kohut

17. Political Economy and International Migration Law Daniela Vitiello and Marion Panizzon

PART V CONCLUSIONS 18. Political Economy and International Law: Paradoxes and Potential Eyal Benvenisti and Jan Wouters

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