Set in the context of growing interdisciplinarity in legal research, The Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective provides a much-needed systematic and coherent review of the interactions between political economy and international law. The contributors reflect the need felt by international lawyers to open their traditional frontiers to insights from other disciplines - and political economy in particular. The methodological approach of the book is to take the traditional list of topics for a general treatise of international law, and to systematically incorporate insights from political economy to each.Students and scholars of political economy and international law will find the topics discussed to be of great interest to their work. This book will also provide valuable insights for economists, lawyers, and policy-makers.
Contents: IntroductionAlberta FabbricottiPART I FRAMEWORK ISSUES1. Political Economy of International Law: Towards a Holistic Model of State BehaviorAnne Van Aaken and Joel P. TrachtmanPART II POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW2. The Political Economy of Customary International LawNiels Petersen3. Can Political Economy Help Solve The Riddle of Customary International Law?Alessandra Gianelli 4. The Political Economy of Jus CogensPaul B. Stephan5. The Political Economy of International TreatiesPanos Merkouris6. Political Economy and the Decisions of International Organizations: Choosing Governance Arrangements Through InformalityRamses A. Wessel and Evisa KicaPART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW7. Political Economy of International Law: A Convenient Alliance for the Study of Compliance?Barbara Delcourt8. International Political Economy and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Compliance with International LawMeredith Kolsky Lewis9. The Political Economy of Judicial Production of International LawPaul B. Stephan 10. The Political Economy of The (Non-)Enforcement of International Human Rights Pronouncements by StatesAndreas Von Staden11. The Political Economy of International Lawmaking by National CourtsEyal Benvenisti12. Political Economy and the Responsibility of States: The Problem of Many Hands in International LawAndre NollkaemperPART IV POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SUBSTANTIVE FIELDS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW13. The Political Economy of Regional Trade AgreementsAlberta Fabbricotti14. Political Economy and International Investment Law: The Conclusion of IIAs by Developing Countries during the Twentieth CenturyTobias A. Lehmann15. Political Economy and International Water Law: Political Economy Induced Changes to the Uptake of Benefit Sharing in International Water Law Laurence Boisson De Chazournes and Christina Leb16. Political Economy and the Protection of Human Rights: Political Economy and Compliance with Human Rights Treaties Ulyana Kohut17. Political Economy and International Migration LawDaniela Vitiello and Marion PanizzonPART V CONCLUSIONS18. Political Economy and International Law: Paradoxes and Potential Eyal Benvenisti and Jan WoutersIndex