von Bernstorff, Jochen --- "The critic" [2019] ELECD 197; in d’Aspremont, Jean; Singh, Sahib (eds), "Concepts for International Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 154

Book Title: Concepts for International Law

Editor(s): d’Aspremont, Jean; Singh, Sahib

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781783474677

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: The critic

Author(s): von Bernstorff, Jochen

Number of pages: 10

Abstract/Description:

The contribution sketches the functions and potential of critical interventions by both international legal practitioners and scholars. It builds on the assumption that critique requires a reflexive distance vis-à-vis the operations of the international legal system. Two broader and particularly prominent critical approaches in international legal scholarship are identified: critique as exposing hegemonic structures in international law, and critique as exposing indeterminacy in international legal discourse.