TY - BOOK
T1 - International law as we know it
T2 - Cyberwar discourse and the construction of knowledge in international legal scholarship
AU - Boer, LJM
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - International legal scholars tend to think of their work as the interpretation of rules: the application of a law 'out there' to concrete situations. This book takes a different approach to that scholarship: it views doctrine as a socio-linguistic practice. In other words, this book views legal scholars not as law-appliers, but as constructing knowledge within a particular academic discipline. By means of three close-ups of the discourse on cyberwar and international law, this book shows how international legal knowledge is constructed in ways usually overlooked: by means of footnotes, for example, or conference presentations. In so doing, this book aims to present a new way of seeing international legal scholarship: one that pays attention to the mundane parts of international legal texts and provides a different understanding of how international law as we know it comes about.
AB - International legal scholars tend to think of their work as the interpretation of rules: the application of a law 'out there' to concrete situations. This book takes a different approach to that scholarship: it views doctrine as a socio-linguistic practice. In other words, this book views legal scholars not as law-appliers, but as constructing knowledge within a particular academic discipline. By means of three close-ups of the discourse on cyberwar and international law, this book shows how international legal knowledge is constructed in ways usually overlooked: by means of footnotes, for example, or conference presentations. In so doing, this book aims to present a new way of seeing international legal scholarship: one that pays attention to the mundane parts of international legal texts and provides a different understanding of how international law as we know it comes about.
UR - https://www.cambridge.org/nl/academic/subjects/law/public-international-law/international-law-we-know-it-cyberwar-discourse-and-construction-knowledge-international-legal-scholarship
U2 - 10.1017/9781108676564
DO - 10.1017/9781108676564
M3 - Book
SN - 978110848483
BT - International law as we know it
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -