Browsing by Subject "Critical Legal Inquiry"

The purpose of international law is what is made of it. Due to its indeterminacy, law can be argued in multiple, even contradictory, ways. Law in itself is not as such intrinsically valuable, but rather the value of a particular law comes from the belief in the project or, in other words, the political views that the person who asks the question holds. International law can, regardless and perhaps because of its indeterminacy, and maybe even should, justify and criticize international behaviour through discussions regarding core normative issues within the field. This is a hopeful essay, on the power of law and an argument for the expansion of the discipline to consider normative questions such as those regarding problems of order and justice. International law is tied to some of the greatest abstract problems of our time for international thought. Therefore, it is of utmost relevance that the separation of disciplines such as world politics and international law do not limit the critical inquiry by international legal scholars into foundational thought within international law.