Full Description
Through original and incisive contributions from leading scholars, this book applies economics and other rational choice methods to understanding public international law, providing a birds-eye view on some of its most fundamental elements from the perspective of economics.The chapters cover a range of topics, beginning with the building blocks of the nation state, and continuing with the sources and the enforcement of international law and its various applications and extensions. The application of economic analysis to public international law is still in its formative stages, and Economic Analysis of International Law provides a useful overview, as well as setting directions for new research.
This volume provides a path through recent literature while identifying new areas and issues for research, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of public international law.
Contributors include: A. Bell, T. Broude, B.L. Coggins, T. Ginsburg, A. Guzman, I. Kala, E. Kontorovich, J.D. Morrow, F. Parisi, D. Pi, E. Spolaore, P.B. Stephan, A. van Aaken
Contents
Contents:
PART I THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER
The Economics of International Law: An Introduction
Eugene Kontorovich and Francesco Parisi
1. The Economics of Political Borders
Enrico Spolaore
2. The Economics of State Emergence and Collapse
Bridget L. Coggins with Ishita Kala
3. Economic Analysis of Territorial Sovereignty
Abraham Bell
PART II SOURCES OF LAW
4. The Economic Analysis of International Treaty Law
Francesco Parisi and Daniel Pi
5. Soft Law
Andrew T. Guzman and Timothy Meyer
6. The Emergence and Evolution of Customary International Law
Francesco Parisi and Daniel Pi
PART III ENFORCEMENT
7. Treaty Enforcement
Paul B. Stephan
8. The Interaction Between Domestic and International Law
Tom Ginsburg
PART IV APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS
9. Atrocity, Policy, and the Laws of War: What does Political Science have to say to Law?
James D. Morrow
10. Behavioral Economic Analysis of International Law
Anne van Aaken and Tomer Broude
Index
