The institutional problem in modern international law

In: Hart monographs in transnational and international law v. 11

Abstract

A fragile autonomy: international law at the turn of the twentieth century -- Scepticism and renewal: international law in the inter-bellum period -- The institutional problem in modern international law -- Presuming hierarchy: the problematic concept of the legal official -- A functional jurisprudence? : methodological controversies in contemporary legal theory -- Law's "creation myth" : instrumental reasoning and the necessary autonomy of law -- Domestic analogy, the rule of law and the relations between states -- Form and function in the institutionalisation of international law -- International law as governance: an emerging legitimacy crisis? -- Conclusion