Conceptual (Re)Constructions of International Law

Edited by Kostiantyn Gorobets Assistant Professor of International Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Andreas Hadjigeorgiou, Practicing Lawyer and Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Cyprus and Pauline Westerman, Professor in Philosophy of Law, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

• Contents:Introduction 1Kostiantyn Gorobets, Andreas Hadjigeorgiou and Pauline WestermanPART I CONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW1 The interaction of doctrine and theory in (international)legal scholarship 9Jörg Kammerhofer2 Legal scholarship as design: A comment on Kammerhofer 27Pauline Westerman3 The Oxford Jurisprudence Circle: A lost legacy oncustomary (international) law 32Andreas Hadjigeorgiou4 The Oxford Jurisprudence Circle’s lost legacy:Transformational discovery or historical curiosity? Replyto Andreas Hadjigeorgiou 51David Lefkowitz5 Fragile, nascent, and in critical condition: Dworkin oninternational law 55David Lefkowitz6 Hercules goes abroad: Lefkowitz and Dworkin on theliberal foundations of international law 74Aaron FichtelbergPART II DECONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW7 From decay to renewal in international law: Isa philosophy of international law possible? 80Anthony Carty8 Are states entities that exist prior to and outside(customary) international law? A reply to Prof. Carty 98Andreas Hadjigeorgiou9 Appraisal of diversity in international law: A note onself-serving biases and interdisciplinarity 105Maiko Meguro10 On international law on language: observations fromconstructivism: A reply to Maiko Meguro 123Tamar Megiddo11 Opinio juris: test, filter, ideal or map? 127Pauline Westerman12 The myth of ‘identification’: Customary international lawand international courts 145Maiko MeguroPART III RECONSTRUCTING INTERNATIONAL LAW13 Rootless sovereignty: Methods and foundations ininternational law 151Aaron Fichtelberg14 What should be the intellectual tasks of internationallawyers in abnormal times? A reply to Aaron Fichtelberg 166Anthony Carty15 Peaks and valleys: Contemplating the authority ofinternational law 171Kostiantyn Gorobets16 Wherefore ‘authority’? International law and the contestof legal cultures 188Jörg Kammerhofer17 International law as a ground for action 192Tamar Megiddo18 The individual and its fidelity to international law:a kaleidoscope – Reply to Tamar Megiddo 210Panos Merkouris19 The ‘correct interpretation’ premise in international adjudication 215Panos Merkouris20 Chasing the ‘correct interpretation’: Reply to Panos Merkouris 234Kostiantyn GorobetsIndex

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