The Oxford Handbook of International Legal Theory provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the major thinkers, concepts, approaches, and debates that have shaped contemporary international legal theory. The Handbook features 48 original essays by leading international scholars from a wide range of traditions, nationalities, and perspectives, reflecting the richness and diversity of this dynamic field.The collection explores key questions and debates in international legal theory, offers new intellectual histories for the discipline, and provides fresh interpretations of significant historical figures, texts, and theoretical approaches. It provides a much-needed map of the field of international legal theory, and a guide to the main themes and debates that have driven theoretical work in international law. The Handbook will be an indispensable reference work for students, scholars, andpractitioners seeking to gain an overview of current theoretical debates about the nature, function, foundations, and future role of international law.

Introduction; International law: theory and practiceAnne Orford and Florian Hoffmann: ; Part I: Histories; 1 Matthew Craven: Theorising the Turn to History in International Law; 2 Randall Lesaffer: Roman Law and the Intellectual History of International Law; 3 Martti Koskenniemi: Transformations of Natural Law: Germany 1648-1815; 4 Martine Julia Van Ittersum: Hugo Grotius: The Making of a Founding Father of International Law; 5 Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet: The Critique Of Classical Thought During the Interwar Period: Vattel And Van Vollenhoven; 6 Umut Ozsu: The Ottoman Empire, the Origins of Extraterritoriality, and International Legal Theory; 7 Teemu Ruskola: China in the Age of the World Picture; 8 Antony Anghie: Imperialism And International Legal Theory; 9 Monica Garcia-Salmones: Early Twentieth Century Positivism Revisited; 10 Jochen von Bersnstorff: Hans Kelsen and the Return of Universalism; 11 Robert Howse: Schmitt, Schmitteanism and contemporary international legal theory; 12 Deborah Whitehall: Hannah Arendt and International Legal Theory; 13 Lauri Malksoo: International Legal Theory in Russia: A Civilizational Perspective, or Can Individuals be Subjects of International Law?; Part II: Approaches; 14 Geoff Gordon: Natural Law in International Legal Theory: Linear and Dialectical Presentations; 15 Robert Knox: Marxist theories of International Law; 16 Oliver Jutersonke: Realist approaches to International Law; 17 Oliver Kessler: Constructivist Approaches to International Law; 18 Peter Goodrich: International Law and the Visual; 19 Samantha Besson: Moral Philosophy and International Law; 20 Jorg Kammerhofer: International Legal Positivism; 21 Hengameh Saberi: Yale's Policy Science and International Law: Between the Scylla of Legal Formalism and the Charybdis of Policy Conceptualism; 22 Dan Danielsen: International Law and Economics: Letting Go of 'the Normal' in Pursuit of an Ever-Elusive Real; 23 Daniel Joyce: Liberal Internationalism; 24 Dianne Otto: Feminist Approaches to International Law; 25 Wouter Werner and Geoff Gordon: Kant, Cosmopolitanism, and International Law; 26 Benedict Kingsbury, Megan Donaldson And Rodrigo Vallejo: Global Administrative Law And Deliberative Democracy; Part III: Regimes and Doctrines; 27 Jean d'Aspremont: Towards a New Theory of Sources in International Law; 28 Gerry Simpson: Something to do With States; 29 Rose Parfitt: Theorising Recognition and International Personality; 30 Gregor Noll: Theorising Jurisdiction; 31 Jan Klabbers: Theorizing International Organisations; 32 Fleur Johns: Theorizing The Corporation In International Law; 33 Dino Kritsiotis: Theorising International Law and the Resort to Force; 34 Ben Golder: Theorising Human Rights; 35 Anne Orford: Theorizing Free Trade; 36 Sarah Nouwen: International Criminal Law: Theory All Over The Place; 37 Frederic Megret: Theorising The Laws of War; 38 Vasuki Nesiah: Theorising Transitional Justice: Cashing in the Blue Chips; 39 Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo,: Theorising International Environmental Law; 40 Kerry Rittich: Theorising International Law and Development; 41 Outi Korhonen And Toni Selkala: Theorizing Responsibility In International Law; 42 Horatia Muir Watt: Theorising Private International Law; 43 Chantal Thomas: Theorizing Transnational Migration: Reflections On A Crisis; Part IV: Debates; 44 Reut Paz: Religion, Secularism and International Law; 45 Thomas Skouterist: The Idea of Progress; 46 Florian Hoffmann: International Legalism and International Politics; 47 Jason Beckett: Creating Poverty; 48 Anne Peters: Fragmentation and Constitutionalisation