Essays originally published in various journals from 1971 to 1990.

"New York University Press reference collection."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
PART 1 THE REALIST DEBATE
J.S. Watson (1980), 'A Realistic Jurisprudence of International Law', The Year Book of World Affairs, 30, pp. 265-85.


Anthony D'Amato (1984-5), 'Is International Law Really "Law"?', Northwestern University Law Review, 79, pp. 1293-314.

Friedrich Kratochwil (1984), 'Thrasymmachos Revisited: On the Relevance of Norms and the Study of Law for International Relations', Journal of International Affairs, 37, pp. 343-56.

PART II BEYOND REALISM: METHODOLOGICAL CONUNDRUMS
Philip Allott (1971), 'Language, Method and the Nature of International Law', British Year Book of International Law, XLV, pp. 79-135. James Boyle (1985), 'Ideals and Things: International Legal Scholarship and the Prison-house of Language', Harvard International Law Journal, 26, pp. 327-59.

PART III THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY RECONSIDERED

Thomas M. Franck (1988), 'Legitimacy in the International System', The American Journal of International Law, 82, pp. 705-59

Martti Koskenniemi (1990), "The Normative Force of Habit: International Custom and Social Theory', Finnish Yearbook of International Law, 1, pp. 77-153.

PART IV RETHINKING THE SUBSTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

David Kennedy (1987), 'The Sources of International Law', American University Journal of International Law and Policy, 2, pp. 1–96.

International Law
Nathaniel Berman (1988), 'Sovereignty in Abeyance: Self-Determination and International Law', Wisconsin International Law Journal, 7, pp.
51-105.
Surakiart Sathirathai (1984), 'An Understanding of the Relationship Between International Legal Discourse and Third World Countries', Harvard International Law Journal, 25, pp. 395–419.
Daniel W. Skubik (1986), 'Two Models for a Rawlsian Theory of International Law and Justice', Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, 14, pp. 231-74.