Research Handbook on the Sociology of International Law

Edited by Moshe Hirsch, Von Hofmannsthal Professor of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and Andrew Lang, Chair of International Law and Global Governance, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, UK

'Sociological approaches to international law have gained significant momentum in the course of the last decade. The contributions to this Research Handbook reflect the diversity of sociological theories and illustrate how they can enrich international legal scholarship. The Research Handbook is an excellent guide to the sociology of international law 'from Huber to post-structuralism.'--Christian J. Tams, University of Glasgow, UKChristian J. Tams, University of Glasgow, UK'This Research Handbook offers a timely sociological reading of the functioning of the international legal order, using diverse sociological approaches, spreading from the thought of Max Huber to post-structuralism. It offers a range of the best analyses on the topic and sets a new agenda for the field. Indeed a fascinating book.'--Hélène Ruiz Fabri, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, Luxembourg

• Contents:1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Sociology of International LawMoshe Hirsch and Andrew Lang2. Issues of Empire, Contestation, and Hierarchy in the Globalization of Law Bryant G. Garth3. A conflicts-law response to the precarious legitimacy of transnational trade governanceFabian Bohnenberger and Christian Joerges4. Correlated ownership: Polanyi, Commons, and the property continuumSabine Frerichs and Rick James5. Regulating Speed: Social Acceleration and International LawWouter G. Werner6. ‘What gets measured gets done’: exploring the social construction of globalized knowledge for developmentRuth Buchanan, Kimberley Byers and Kristina Mansveld7. International lawyers and the study of expertise: representationalism and performativityAndrew Lang8. Ignorance/power: rule of law reform and the administrative law of global governanceDeval Desai9. Reflexive Sociology of International Law: Pierre Bourdieu and the Globalization of LawMikael Rask Madsen10. The practice of litigation at the ICJ: the role of counsel in the development of international lawGregory Messenger 11. International investment law as formally rational law: a Weberian analysisDavid Schneiderman12. Practice theory and international law Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack13. The ‘practice turn’ in international law: insights from the theory of structurationNicolas Lamp14. An Anthropological Approach to International Economic LawGalit A. Sarfaty15. Network analysis and the sociology of international lawSergio Puig16. Social networks and the enforcement of international lawShai Dothan17. Locked in language: historical sociology and the path dependency of investment treaty designWolfgang Alschner18. Social constructivism and the social construction of world economic reality Sungjoon Cho19. Core Sociological Theories and International LawMoshe HirschIndex