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BL
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624714
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Aspremont, Jean d'.
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Formalism and the sources of international law : a theory of the ascertainment of legal rules /\ Jean d'Aspremont.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2011.
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Oxford monographs in international law
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1 online resource (xviii, 266 p.).
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9780191732201
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: 0191732206
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9780199696314
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0199696314
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-258) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- The concept and the rationale of formalism in international law -- The emergence of formal law-ascertainment in the theory of the sources of international law -- The critiques of formal law-ascertainment in the theory of the sources of international law -- Deformalization of law-ascertainment in contemporary theory of the sources of international law -- Lessons from the discontent with formalism -- The configuration of formal ascertainment of international law: the source thesis -- The foundations of formal ascertainment of international law: the social thesis -- Concluding remarks: ascertaining international legal rules in the future.
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As a result of the growing prominence of international organizations and non-binding instruments there is increasing controversy as to how to delineate the boundaries of international law. This book advocates a return to a more formal way of determining what is and isn't international law.
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International law-- Philosophy.
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International law-- Interpretation and construction.
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Legal positivism.
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KZ3410.A85 2011
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