This book explores law-making in international affairs and is compiled to
celebrate the fiftieth birthday of Professor Jan Klabbers, a leading international
law and international relations scholar, who has made significant
contributions to the understanding of the sources of international legal
obligations and the idea of constitutionalism in international law. Inspired
by Professor Klabbers’ wide-ranging interests in international law and his
interdisciplinary approach, the book examines law-making through a variety
of perspectives and seeks to break new ground in exploring what it means
to think and write about law and its creation.
While examining the substance of international law, these contributors
raise more general concerns, such as the relationship between law-making
and the application of law, the role and conflict between various institutions
and the characteristics of the formal sources of international law. The book
will be of great interest to students and academics of legal theory, international
relations and international law.