Bernstorff, Jochen von.

The public international law theory of Hans Kelsen : believing in universal law / Jochen von Bernstorff, Thomas Dunlap. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010. - xiv, 324 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in international and comparative law .

'Translated by Thomas Dunlap' --T.p. verso. Originally published as Der Glaube an das universale Recht : zur Volkerrechtstheorie Hans Kelsens und seiner Schuler. Nomos : Baden- Baden, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-315) and index.

Method and construction of international law in nineteenth century German scholarship -- Kelsenian formalism as critical methodology in international law -- An'objective' architecture of international law : Kelsen, Kunz, and Verdross -- The new actors of universal law -- Legal sources as universal instruments of law-creation -- The international judiciary as the functional center of universal law -- The role of the international legal scholar after Kelsen : a concluding reflection.

9780521516181 (hbk.) RM318.39


Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973.


International law--History.