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J.L. Brierly And The Modernization Of International Law, Carl Landauer Feb 1993

J.L. Brierly And The Modernization Of International Law, Carl Landauer

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

In this Article, the author provides an analysis of a classic of international law, The Law of Nations, by J.L. Brierly. The author describes Brierly as an international legal scholar whose modernization of international law involves an emphasis on fact and complexity, an emphasis that is ultimately little more than a gesture. The author then examines the narrative structure of The Law of Nations and indicates the normative messages disclosed in Brierly's telling of the story of international law. Finally, the author describes Brierly's effort to describe international law as occupying a political realm while Brierly's evolutionary optimism made him …


Sociology Of Law For A Postliberal Society, Frank W. Munger Jan 1993

Sociology Of Law For A Postliberal Society, Frank W. Munger

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