Steven Wheatley is Professor of International Law at the University of Lancaster. He has written extensively on the subject of human rights, including Democracy, Minorities and International Law (CUP, 2005) and The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law (Hart, 2010).

• Introduction 1: What we Mean when we Talk about 'Human Rights' 2: Complexity as a Methodology in International Law 3: United Nations Human Rights Law 4: The Core UN Human Rights Treaty Systems 5: Customary Human Rights Law 6: On the Idea of Human Rights 7: The Idea of International Human Rights Law

This is a thought-provoking book with an innovative argument that is not only relevant in terms of IHRL but also in the application of complexity theory to legal research and IL. Overall, it presents a compelling argument that will hopefully spark a debate about the use of complexity theory approaches in the analysis of IL and IHRL. For scholars interested in human rights and complexity theory, this book makes an important contribution to the literature in offering a way to conceptualise the UN and the IL system as a complex network, and also opens the door for the inclusion of new methodologies for analysing the formulation and interpretation of legal rules in IHRL and IL.

Steven Wheatley is Professor of International Law at the University of Lancaster. He has written extensively on the subject of human rights, including Democracy, Minorities and International Law (CUP, 2005) and The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law (Hart, 2010).

• Introduction 1: What we Mean when we Talk about 'Human Rights' 2: Complexity as a Methodology in International Law 3: United Nations Human Rights Law 4: The Core UN Human Rights Treaty Systems 5: Customary Human Rights Law 6: On the Idea of Human Rights 7: The Idea of International Human Rights Law

This is a thought-provoking book with an innovative argument that is not only relevant in terms of IHRL but also in the application of complexity theory to legal research and IL. Overall, it presents a compelling argument that will hopefully spark a debate about the use of complexity theory approaches in the analysis of IL and IHRL. For scholars interested in human rights and complexity theory, this book makes an important contribution to the literature in offering a way to conceptualise the UN and the IL system as a complex network, and also opens the door for the inclusion of new methodologies for analysing the formulation and interpretation of legal rules in IHRL and IL.

Steven Wheatley is Professor of International Law at the University of Lancaster. He has written extensively on the subject of human rights, including Democracy, Minorities and International Law (CUP, 2005) and The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law (Hart, 2010).

• Introduction 1: What we Mean when we Talk about 'Human Rights' 2: Complexity as a Methodology in International Law 3: United Nations Human Rights Law 4: The Core UN Human Rights Treaty Systems 5: Customary Human Rights Law 6: On the Idea of Human Rights 7: The Idea of International Human Rights Law

This is a thought-provoking book with an innovative argument that is not only relevant in terms of IHRL but also in the application of complexity theory to legal research and IL. Overall, it presents a compelling argument that will hopefully spark a debate about the use of complexity theory approaches in the analysis of IL and IHRL. For scholars interested in human rights and complexity theory, this book makes an important contribution to the literature in offering a way to conceptualise the UN and the IL system as a complex network, and also opens the door for the inclusion of new methodologies for analysing the formulation and interpretation of legal rules in IHRL and IL.