Contemporary Methods in International Legal Research

Juan J. Garcia Blesa (PhD) is senior research associate at the University of Hagen in Germany where he coordinates the international PhD training program in law. He teaches seminars on public international law and contemporary approaches to legal research. Juan's current research interests focus on the relationship between human rights and international economic law in international dispute settlement mechanisms. He also holds a long-standing interest in matters relating to critical legal scholarship, rhetorical analysis of law and international legal cultures. Juan has also led a number of international academic projects for external organizations such as the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and the EU Commission.

• Introduction.- Legal Methods in the Context of Social Thought.- Mainstream Approaches to International Law.- Critical International Law.- Feminist Approaches to International Law.- Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).- Empirical Legal Research.