The Dynamics of International Law

Paul F. Diehl and Charlotte Ku’s new framework for international law divides it into operating and normative systems. The authors provide a theory of how these two systems interact, which explains how changes in one system precipitate changes and create capacity in the other. A punctuated equilibrium theory of system evolution, drawn from studies of biology and public policy studies, provides the basis for delineating the conditions for change and helps explain a pattern of international legal change that is often infrequent and sub-optimal, but still influential.

Spis treści:
1. Introduction
2. A new framework for analysis and a model for legal change
3. The influence of normative change on the operating system
4. Extra-systemic adaptations to systemic imbalance
5. The influence of the operating system on normative change
6. Implications and future directions.