TY - BOOK ID - 1254538 TI - Rules, norms, and decisions : on the conditions of pratical and legal reasoning in international relations and domestic affairs. PY - 1989 VL - 2 SN - 052135398X 0521409713 0511559046 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law KW - International law KW - International relations KW - Law KW - Droit international KW - Relations internationales KW - Droit KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophie KW - Methodology. KW - Philosophy. KW - Methodology KW - International law - Philosophy. KW - International law - Methodology. KW - Law - Philosophy. KW - Law - Methodology. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Legal reasoning KW - Jurisprudence KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Natural law KW - VIE INTERNATIONALE KW - DROIT INTERNATIONAL KW - REGLES INTERNATIONALES KW - THEORIES DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1254538 AB - This book assesses the impact of norms on decision-making. It argues that norms influence choices not by being causes for actions, but by providing reasons. Consequently it approaches the problem via an investigation of the reasoning process in which norms play a decisive role. Kratochwil argues that, depending upon the strictness the guidance norms provide in arriving at a decision, different styles of reasoning with norms can be distinguished. While the focus in this book is largely analytical, the argument is developed through the interpretation of the classic thinkers in international law (Grotius, Vattel, Pufendorf, Rousseau, Hume, Habermas). ER -