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It Is Time To Get Back To Basics On The Border, Donna Coltharp
It Is Time To Get Back To Basics On The Border, Donna Coltharp
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Abstract forthcoming.
Why Should We Care About International Law?, Monica Hakimi
Why Should We Care About International Law?, Monica Hakimi
Michigan Law Review
Review of Harold Hongju Koh's The Trump Administration and International Law.
Why Should We Care About International Law?, Monica Hakimi
Why Should We Care About International Law?, Monica Hakimi
Faculty Scholarship
International lawyers are used to having their discipline dismissed. A conspicuous strand of thought in U.S. foreign policy circles — known as realist — posits that international law does not matter. Realists of course recognize that states and other global actors speak the language of international law. But they view this discourse as cheap talk or epiphenomenal. They contend that state decisions on the international plane are animated not by the dictates of international law but by material interests and power. States act consistently with international law insofar as they have independent reasons for acting that way. If those reasons …