CIAO DATE: 06/05

Legalization and World Politics

Judith L. Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert O. Keohane and Anne-Marie Slaughter

MIT Press

May 2001

 

Abstract

In recent years, international law has become more relevant to world politics as rules have become more precise and obligatory and the delegation of dispute resolution to third parties more frequent. Political scientists have done significant work on international institutions, and international legal scholars have developed politically sophisticated ways of examining the law. In Legalization and World Politics, well-known political scientists and legal scholars offer a joint exploration of changes both in the world and in the two disciplines.

Judith L. Goldstein is Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.

Miles Kahler is J. Rohr Professor of Pacific International Relations in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Robert O. Keohane is James B. Duke Professor of Political Science at Duke University and a former editor of International Organization.

Anne-Marie Slaughter is J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, and Director of Graduate and International Legal Studies, at Harvard Law School.

 

Table of Contents

Preface
Judith L. Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert O. Keohane and Anne-Marie Slaughter

Legalization and World Politics: An Introduction

Introduction: Legalization and World Politics
Judith L. Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert O. Keohane and Anne-Marie Slaughter

The Concept of Legalization (PDF, 19 pgs, 89 KB)
Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal

Legalization and Dispute Resolution

Hard and Soft Law in International Governance
Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal

Legalized Dispute Resolution: Interstate and Transnational
Robert O. Keohane, Andrew Moravcsik and Anne-Marie Slaughter

Law and Economic Integration

The European Union's Legal System and Domestic Policy: Spillover or Backlash?
Karen J. Alter

NAFTA and the Legalization of World Politics: A Case Study
Frederick M. Abbott

Legalization as Strategy: The Asia-Pacific Case
Miles Kahler

Legalization in Three Issue Areas

The Legalization of International Monetary Affairs
Beth A. Simmons

Legalization, Trade Liberalization, and Domestic Politics: A Cautionary Note
Judith L. Goldstein and Lisa L. Martin

International Human Rights Law and Practice in Latin America
Ellen L. Lutz and Kathryn Sikkink

Conclusion

Conclusion: The Causes and Consequences of Legalization
Miles Kahler

References