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In this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political context. They propose three interdisciplinary 'lenses' (realist, liberal and constructivist) through which to view the role of international law in world politics and suggest that the concept of an international society provides the overall context within which international legal developments occur. These theoretical perspectives offer different ways of looking at international law in terms of what it is, how it works and how it changes. Topics covered include the use of force, international crimes, human rights, international trade and the environment. The new edition also contains more material on non-western perspectives, international institutions and non-state actors and a new bibliography. Each chapter features discussion questions and guides to further reading

Structural causes and regime consequences : regimes as intervening variables (1982) / Stephen D. Krasner -- The demand for international regimes (1982) / Robert O. Keohane -- Democratic states and commitments in international relations (1996) / Kurt Taylor Gaubatz -- On compliance (1993) / Abram Chayes and Antonia Handler Chayes -- Is the good news about compliance good news about cooperation? (1996) / George Downs, David M. Rocke, and Peter Barsoom -- The concept of legalization (2000) / Kenneth Abbot [and others] -- Legalized dispute resolution : interstate and transnational (2000) / Robert Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik, and Anne-Marie Slaughter -- Legalization, trade liberalization, and domestic politics : a cautionary note (2000) / Judith Goldstein and Lisa L. Martin -- Alternatives to "legalization" : richer views of law and politics (2001) / Martha Finnemore and Stephen J. Toope -- Quasi-states, dual regimes, and neoclassical theory : international jurisprudence and the third world (1987) / Robert H. Jackson -- Which norms matter? revisiting the "failure" of internationalism (1997) / Jeffrey W. Legro -- The territorial integrity norm : international boundaries and the use of force (2001) / Mark Zacher -- Why are some international agreements informal? (1991) / Charles Lipson -- The politics of dispute settlement design : explaining legalism in regional trade pacts (2000) / James McCall Smith -- Loosening the ties that bind : a learning model of agreement flexibility (2001) / Barbara Koremenos -- Driving with the rearview mirror : on the rational science of institutional design (2001) / Alexander Wendt -- The dynamics of international law : the interaction of normative and operating systems (2003) / Paul F. Diehl, Charlotte Ku, and Daniel Zamora -- Europe before the court : a political theory of legal integration (1993) / Anne-Marie Slaughter [Burley] and Walter Mattli -- The European Court of Justice, national governments, and legal integration in the European Union (1998) / Geoffrey Arrett, R. Daniel Kelemen, and Heiner Schulz -- Scraps of paper? agreements and the durability of peace (2003) / Virginia Page Fortna -- In the shadow of law or power? consensus-based bargaining and outcomes in the GATT/WTO (2002) / Richard H. Steinberg -- The legalization of international monetary affairs (2000) / Beth Simmons -- Constructing an atrocities regime : the politics of war crimes tribunals (2001) / Christopher Rudolph -- The origins of human rights regimes : democratic delegation in postwar Europe (2000) / Andrew Moravcsik -- Regime design matters : international oil pollution and treaty compliance (1994) / Ronald B. Mitchell -- The regime complex for plant genetic resources (2004) / Kal Raustiala and David G. Victor.

This innovative new textbook seeks to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context, bridging the gap and offering a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter integrates both historical analysis and literature and applies this to an international relations context in an accessible fashion, allowing students to understand the historical context in which these core issues have developed. The book is organised thematically around the key issues in international relations such as war, peace, sovereignty, diplomacy, identity, political violence, empire and international organisations. Each chapter provides an overview of the main historical context, theories and literature in each area and applies this to the study of international relations. Providing a fresh approach, this work will be essential reading for all students of international relations and international relations theory.

"This book assesses how international law and its institutions may be relevant and influence the course of international relations, in other words the relationship between power and law. This is done in relation to five regimes; international trade, environmental protection, human rights, criminal justice and use of force. The majority of international law literature focuses on the content of international rules (i.e. regimes) but has a tendency to ignore why these regimes exist and to what extent the rules actually affect state behaviour. The assumption is that states follow international law when the reality sometimes tells us differently. Turning to international relations literature, some scholars as represented in their publications focus on theories based on the distribution of power among states and ignore the existence and relevance of international law. In contrast, Power and Law in International Society examines theories of international relations, international law and formal institutions as well as an account of empirical research on the relevance of international law for the behaviour of states. This book has three main themes. First, the book will explain the foundations of international society from an inter-disciplinary perspective relaying on legal studies as well as international relations. Second, the book will examine variations in the degree of legalization in terms of obligation, precision, delegation and state acceptance. Finally, the book will give an account of the empirical research on the relevance of international law for the behaviour of states. This book will be of great interest to scholars of international law and international relations."--