A post-modern international law? Martti Koskenniemi’s thinking between political realism and rhetoric

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO
Author/s Geminello Preterossi
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2015/3 Language Italian
Pages 10 P. 131-140 File size 157 KB
DOI 10.3280/SD2015-003007
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International law has always been to a certain extent "liquid", flexible, hemmed in between the contingency of politics and of power relationships, and a theoretically highly demanding meta-legal universalism that is exposed to obvious practical risks. These days, there are plausible grounds for the perception that post-Westphalian international law - which is really a blend of hegemonies and humanitarianism, of super-sovereign immunities and globalism - is detached from the traditional debate about the legal, ethical or political nature of the ius gentium. Strategic and hegemonic interests have not simply fizzled away: they make use of the oscillating nature of post-classical international law to legitimise asymmetries and hierarchies

Keywords: International law - Martti Koskenniemi - Globalisation - Humanitarian law

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Geminello Preterossi, Un diritto internazionale postmoderno? Il contributo di martti koskenniemi tra realismo politico e retorica in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO " 3/2015, pp 131-140, DOI: 10.3280/SD2015-003007