International Law Theories

Andrea Bianchi is Professor of International Law and Head of the International Law Department at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Previously, he was a Professor at the Catholic University, Milan, Associate Professor at the University of Parma and Professorial Lecturer in International Law at the Bologna Centre of Johns Hopkins University. He has researched and published extensively on various aspects of public international law, with a particular emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues.

• Introduction ; I. Traditional Approaches ; II. Constitutionalism ; III. Marxism ; IV. The New Haven School and Policy-oriented Jurisprudence ; V. International Relations Theory ; VI. Social Science Methodology ; VII. Critical Legal Studies ; VIII. Helsinki School ; IX. Feminist Approaches ; X. 'Third World' Approaches ; XI. Legal Pluralism ; XII. Social Idealism ; XIII. Law and Economics ; XIV. Law and Literature

The book successfully makes international law theories - or better, 'different ways of thinking about international law' - accessible and relatable ... If, as Bianchi states, the mission is to 'stir up the water that we, as international lawyers, swim in' and encourage more lawyers to interrogate their perceptions of what 'water' even is, then this book might be read as a seductive enticement to get our feet soaking wet.