Includes bibliographical references (pages 618-675) and index.
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Objectivity in international law: conventional dilemmas -- Doctrinal history: the liberal doctrine of politics and its effect on international law -- The structure of modern doctrines -- Sovereignty -- Sources -- Custom -- Variations of world order: the structure of international legal argument -- Beyond objectivism -- Epilogue.
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"Drawing from a range of materials, Martti Koskenniemi demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being either an irrelevant moralist Utopia or a manipulable facade for State interests. He examines the conflicts inherent in international law--sources, sovereignty, 'custom' and 'world order--and shows how legal discourse about such subjects can be described in terms of a small number of argumentative rules. Originally published in English in Finland in 1989, this reissue includes a newly written Epilogue by the author."--