TY - BOOK ID - 7127698 TI - Legitimacy and legality in international law : an interactional account AU - Brunnée, Jutta AU - Toope, Stephen John PY - 2010 VL - 67 SN - 9780521880657 9780521706834 9780511781261 0521880653 0521706831 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - International law KW - Obedience (Law) KW - Rule of law KW - Effectiveness and validity of law KW - Social aspects KW - Psychological aspects KW - Effectiveness and validity of law. KW - Rule of law. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Law of nations KW - Nations, Law of KW - Public international law KW - Law KW - Validity and effectiveness of law KW - Jurisprudence KW - Supremacy of law KW - Administrative law KW - Constitutional law KW - Legal obligation KW - Obligation, Legal KW - Obligation to obey the law KW - Philosophy KW - Obedience (Law). KW - International law - Social aspects KW - International law - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7127698 AB - "It has never been more important to understand how international law enables and constrains international politics. By drawing together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of constructivist international relations scholars, this book articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is created and maintained. First, legal norms can only arise in the context of social norms based on shared understandings. Second, internal features of law, or 'criteria of legality', are crucial to law's ability to promote adherence, to inspire 'fidelity'. Third, legal norms are built, maintained or destroyed through a continuing practice of legality. Through case studies of the climate-change regime, the anti-torture norm, and the prohibition on the use of force, it is shown that these three elements produce a distinctive legal legitimacy and a sense of commitment among those to whom law is addressed"-- ER -