After Meaning: The Sovereignty of Forms in International Law - Couverture souple

D’Aspremont, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 103532038X ISBN 13 : 9781035320387

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

Inspiring and distinctive, After Meaning provides a radical challenge to the way in which international law is thought and practised. Jean d’Aspremont asserts that the words and texts of international law, as forms, never carry or deliver meaning but, instead, perpetually defer meaning and ensure it is nowhere found within international legal discourse.

In challenging the dominant meaning-centrism of the international legal discourse and shedding light on the sovereignty of forms, this book promotes a radical new attitude towards textuality in international law. The author offers new perspectives on interpretation, critique, history, comparison, translation and referencing, inviting international lawyers to reinvent their engagement with these discourses. Chapters define meaning and form in international law, explore deferral of meaning and make an unprecedented use of post-structuralist theory to rethink international law.

After Meaning will be an essential reference point for legal scholars, researchers and students who seek to understand a different way of thinking about meaning in international law. The book’s engagement with post-structuralism will also prove beneficial to anyone interested in the philosophy of language and literary theory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jean d’Aspremont, Professor of International Law, School of Law, Sciences Po Paris, France and School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 103532038X
• ISBN 13: 9781035320387
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible