Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I - Law as Social Construct
1: Society
2: Myth
3: Reason
Part II - The Construction of International Law
4: De- and re-mythologizing international law
5: Players
6: Rules
7: Values
8: Remedies
Epilogue

About the Author

Carlo Focarelli is Professor of International Law at the University of Perugia and at LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome. He is Reporter of the Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Cases (OUP) and Member of the Editorial Committee of the Italian Yearbook of International Law.

Reviews

Part I (Law as Social Construct) is a largely autonomous and thought-provoking reflection on law in general... Part II (The Construction of International Law) is easily recognizable as a treatise on international law that offers a wealth of detailed and highly readable analyses spanning an impressive range of topics.
*Lorenzo Gradoni, European Journal of International Law*

[The book] offers a thought-provoking vision of the international legal phenomenon through a careful analysis of its philosophical, epistemological and sociological implications.
*Daniele Amoroso, Italian Yearbook of International Law*

...Focarelli's astounding grasp of the literature in international law (and, apparently, well beyond our discipline) makes this book a welcome contribution to the debates on the foundations of the international legal order.
*Helmut Philipp Aust, Netherlands International Law Review*