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About Is International Law
Product Description This book takes the reader on a sweeping tour of the international legal field to reveal some of the patterns of difference, dominance, and disruption that belie international law's claim to universality. Pulling back the curtain on the "divisible college of international lawyers," Anthea Roberts shows how international lawyers in different states, regions, and geopolitical groupings are often subject to distinct incoming influences and outgoing spheres of influence in ways that reflect and reinforce differences in how they understand and approach international law. These divisions manifest themselves in contemporary controversies, such as debates about Crimea and the South China Sea. Not all approaches to international law are created equal, however. Using case studies and visual representations, the author demonstrates how actors and materials from some states and groups have come to dominate certain transnational flows and forums in ways that make them disproportionately influential in constructing the "international." This point holds true for Western actors, materials, and approaches in general, and for Anglo-American (and sometimes French) ones in particular. However, these patterns are set for disruption. As the world moves past an era of Western dominance and toward greater multipolarity, it is imperative for international lawyers to understand the perspectives and approaches of those coming from diverse backgrounds. By taking readers on a comparative tour of different international law academies and textbooks, the author encourages them to see the world through the eyes of others -- an essential skill in this fast changing world of shifting power dynamics and rising nationalism. Review "an imaginative, heterodox work that challenges the very foundations of our profession." -- Gleider Hernández, European Journal of International Law "In her masterful work, Is International Law International?, Anthea Roberts convincingly shatters our illusions about international law's universality, and makes the case for comparison in international law. Having already won the American Society of International Law's prestigious Certificate of Merit, the book needs no further praise." -- Katerina Linos, American Journal of International Law "Roberts' work is essential reading for any international lawyer and, indeed, for anyone interested in better understanding international law." -- Kevin Crow, Journal of International Economic Law "There is so much to be commended about this book. It reads almost like a novel, such is its engaging style and wealth of information and insights into the collective minds of international legal communities." -- Alessandra Asteriti, Italian Yearbook of International Law "In what has already become an instant and award-winning classic of the international legal canon, Anthea Roberts' Is International Law International? provides a welcome insight into how international law is approached across domestic contexts - a process she identifies as "comparative international law". ... Rather than asking that age old question: Is international law, law?, she considers instead: Is international law international? In doing so, she issues a powerful counterclaim to international law's appeal to both universality and to neutrality." -- Miriam Bak McKenna, Nordic Journal of International Law "For a field already concerned with the problem of 'fragmentation' in legal regimes and conflicting norms, Roberts helps to bring into view the human dimension of such changes in the form of fragmented, even to some degree mutually oblivious communities of international lawyers in different national settings. The book effectively identifies and establishes the importance of key (and sometimes surprising) differences in educational background, professional activities, linguistic and networking characteristics, as well as the textbooks and scholarly authorities relied upon by these various communities
