TY - BOOK AU - Brunnee,Jutta AU - Toope,Stephen J AU - Toope,Stephen J. TI - Legitimacy and legality in international law : an interactional account T2 - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law SN - 9780521706834 AV - KZ1251 .B78 2010 U1 - 341 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - International law KW - Social aspects KW - Psychological aspects KW - Obedience (Law) KW - Rule of law KW - Effectiveness and validity of law N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. An interactional theory of international legal obligation; 2. Shared understandings: making and unmaking international law; 3. Interactional law and compliance: law's hidden power; 4. Climate change: building a global legal regime; 5. Torture: undermining normative ambition; 6. The use of force: normative ebb and flow; Conclusion N2 - "It has never been more important to understand how international law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of constructivist international relations scholars, this book articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is created and maintained. First, legal norms can only arise in the context of social norms based on shared understandings. Second, internal features of law, or 'criteria of legality', are crucial to law's ability to promote adherence, to inspire 'fidelity'. Third, legal norms are built, maintained or destroyed through a continuing practice of legality. Through case studies of the climate-change regime, the anti-torture norm, and the prohibition on the use of force, it is shown that these three elements produce a distinctive legal legitimacy and a sense of commitment among those to whom law is addressed"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/80657/cover/9780521880657.jpg UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010021906-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010021906-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010021906-t.html ER -