B. S. Chimni is Professor of International Law at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

'Chimni offers many useful and refreshing insights, both on substantive international law and on the authors he takes to task, and he is nothing if not a fair critic.' Jan Klabbers, Journal of Economic Literature

• 1. Introduction; 2. The classical realist approach to international law: the world of Hans Morgenthau; 3. The policy-oriented or new haven approach to international law: the contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell; 4. Richard Falk and the Grotian quest: toward transdisciplinary jurisprudence; 5. New approaches to international law: the critical scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenneimi; 6. Feminist approaches to international law: the work of Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin; 7. Toward an integrated Marxist approach to international law (IMAIL).

B. S. Chimni is Professor of International Law at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

'Chimni offers many useful and refreshing insights, both on substantive international law and on the authors he takes to task, and he is nothing if not a fair critic.' Jan Klabbers, Journal of Economic Literature

• 1. Introduction; 2. The classical realist approach to international law: the world of Hans Morgenthau; 3. The policy-oriented or new haven approach to international law: the contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell; 4. Richard Falk and the Grotian quest: toward transdisciplinary jurisprudence; 5. New approaches to international law: the critical scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenneimi; 6. Feminist approaches to international law: the work of Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin; 7. Toward an integrated Marxist approach to international law (IMAIL).

B. S. Chimni is Professor of International Law at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

'Chimni offers many useful and refreshing insights, both on substantive international law and on the authors he takes to task, and he is nothing if not a fair critic.' Jan Klabbers, Journal of Economic Literature

• 1. Introduction; 2. The classical realist approach to international law: the world of Hans Morgenthau; 3. The policy-oriented or new haven approach to international law: the contributions of Myres McDougal and Harold Lasswell; 4. Richard Falk and the Grotian quest: toward transdisciplinary jurisprudence; 5. New approaches to international law: the critical scholarship of David Kennedy and Martti Koskenneimi; 6. Feminist approaches to international law: the work of Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin; 7. Toward an integrated Marxist approach to international law (IMAIL).