00000nam 2200000 4500 22284/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22283/MKRI-P/XI-2011 INLIS000000000009394 22283/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22284/MKRI-P/XI-2011 20221027052913 0010-0520009394 221027################|##########|#eng## 978-0521133463 eng 340.115 340.115 SIN i Sinclair, Adriana International Relations Theory and International Law A Critical Approach / Adriana Sinclair Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 viii, 201 p. ; 23 cm. ; 23 cm. International law is playing an increasingly important role in international politics. However, international relations theorists have thus far failed to conceptualise adequately the role that law plays in politics. Instead, IR theorists have tended to operate with a limited conception of law. An understanding of jurisprudence and legal methodology is a crucial step towards achieving a better account of international law in IR theory. But many of the flaws in IR's idea of law stem also from the theoretical foundations of constructivism – the school of thought which engages most frequently with law. Adriana Sinclair rehabilitates IR theory's understanding of law, using cases studies from American, English and international law to critically examine contemporary constructivist approaches to IR and show how a gap in their understanding of law has led to inadequate theorisation. Law --Methodology Critical legal studies. 22283/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22284/MKRI-P/XI-2011