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ABSTRACTIs there still one international law and does the United States of America really believe in it? This lecture inaugurating the Hague Academy’s first Winter Session, by an American scholar who served as US State Department Legal Adviser, argues that Americans do believe in international law as part of their nation’s founding credo. Although recent US administrations have challenged 21st century international law, most American lawyers and legal scholars remain committed to the rule of international law. This dominant strand of international thinking among American academics and practitioners inhabits a school with strong historical roots known as the “’New’ New Haven School of International Law.” While some American schools of international legal thought diminish international law, they remain the exception. The “New” New Haven School argues, both positively and normatively, that rules of transnational legal process and substance must ensure that international law still matters. As America and the world together face such 21st Century globalization challenges as climate change, pandemic, and migration, this dominant American school remains determined to ensure that the United States will pay decent respect to international law.
Title:
American Schools of International Law (Volume 410)
The Hague Academy Collected Courses Online / Recueil des cours de l'Académie de La Haye en ligne
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/1875-8096_pplrdc_A9789004448971_01
Language:
English
First-online:
01 Mar 2019
Online ISSN:
1875-8096
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff

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