Description
An analysis of the role of the interplay between formality and informality in shaping the current state of international law.
About the Author
Alejandro Rodiles is an Associate Professor of International Law at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City. He undertook his doctoral studies at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and is a member of the International Law Association's study groups on UN sanctions, and on cities and international law. In addition to his academic pursuits, he has extensive diplomatic experience, including as legal advisor of Mexico's Mission to the United Nations, as sous-sherpa to the Nuclear Security Summit, at the Office of the Legal Advisor, and at the Policy Planning Staff of the Foreign Minister.
Reviews
'It has by now become clear that the world's two major powers - a declining hegemon as well as an emerging one - are poised to shun multilateral international organizations and instead are experimenting with various types of 'coalitions of the willing'. Rodiles offers a comprehensive theoretical and historical analysis of this strategy and demonstrates its benefits for those powers who lead them, such as the US and China, as well as its costs for all the rest and for the ideals of inclusive multilateralism and the rule of law. His sensitive and convincing account is crucial for understanding the contemporary trajectories of international law and politics.' Eyal Benvenisti, University of Cambridge
Book Information
ISBN 9781108493659
Author Alejandro Rodiles
Format Hardback
Page Count 314
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 620g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 19mm