ASHORTINTRODUCTIONTO INTERNATIONAL LAW In our globalised world the sources and actors of international law are many and its growth prolific and disorderly. International law governs the actions of states on matters as long-standing as diplomatic immunity or as recent as the War on Terror, and it now impacts upon the lives of ordinary citizens in areas as diverse as banking and investment, public health and the protection of the environment. In this accessible introduction Emmanuelle Tourme Jouannet explains the latest developments in international law in the light of its history and culture, presenting it as an instrument both for dominance and for change that adjusts and balances the three pillars of the United Nations Charter: the prohibition of the use of force; economic, social and sustainable development; and human rights. emmanuelle tourme jouannet is Professor of International Law at the Sciences Po Paris School of Law. Among the most prominent French international law scholars of her generation, she is the author of many publications, including two books in English: The Liberal-Welfarist Law of Nations: A History of International Law (Cambridge, 2012)andWhat is a Fair International Society? International Law between Development and Recognition (2013). She is also one of the editors-in-chief of the Journal of the History of International Law.
A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW EMMANUELLE TOURME JOUANNET Translated from the French Le Droit International (Presses Universitaires de France, 2013) by christopher sutcliffe
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contents Introduction page 1 1 International law as history and culture 4 A liberal pluralist system of law 5 The lawfulness of the individual use of force as a means of dispute settlement 12 The law of civilised nations 17 2 International law as a legal order 22 The debate about the end of the classical inter-state order 23 Definitions and distinctions 26 Subjects and norms 35 Unity or fragmentation 51 3 International law as an instrument of regulation and social intervention 64 End-purposes 65 The first pillar peace 78 The second pillar development 85 The third pillar human rights 99 Conclusion 114 Further reading 116 Index 118 vii