International law's rich existence in the world can be illuminated by its objects. International law is often developed, conveyed and authorized through its objects and/or their representation. From the symbolic (the regalia of the head of state and the symbols of sovereignty), to the mundane (a can of dolphin-safe tuna certified as complying with international trade standards), international legal authority can be found in the objects around us. Similarly, thepractice of international law often relies on material objects or their image, both as evidence (satellite images, bones of the victims of mass atrocities) and to found authority (for instance, maps and charts).This volume considers these questions; firstly what might the study of international law through objects reveal? What might objects, rather than texts, tell us about sources, recognition of states, construction of territory, law of the sea, or international human rights law? Secondly, what might this scholarly undertaking reveal about the objects - as aims or projects - of international law? How do objects reveal, or perhaps mask, these aims, and what does this tell us about the reasons some(physical or material) objects are foregrounded, and others hidden or ignored. Thirdly what objects, icons and symbols preoccupy the profession and academy? The personal selection of these objects by leading and emerging scholars worldwide, will illuminate the contemporary and historicalfascinations of international lawyers. As a result, the volume will be an important artefact (itself an object) in its own right, capturing the mood of international law in a given moment and providing opportunity for reflection on these preoccupations. By considering international law in the context of its material culture the authors offer a new theoretical perspective on the subject.

IntroductionJessie Hohmann and Daniel Joyce: ; Thinking International Law through Objects; 1 Dan Joyce: International Law's Cabinet of Curiosities; 2 Jessie Hohmann: The Lives of Objects; 3 Fleur Johns: Things We Can Make and Do with International Law; 4 Wouter Werner: Saying and Showing; 5 Isobel Roele: The Objects of Study; Objects of International Law; 1 Nicole De Silva: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; 2 Therese Murphy: AIDS Virus; 3 Ioannis Kalpouzos: Armed Drone; 4 Lucas Lixinski: Axum Stele; 5 Filippo Fontanelli and Giuseppe Bianco: Barcelona Traction Share; 6 Kimberley Trapp: Boots (on the Ground); 7 Francois Finck: Border Check Point, the Moldovan Republic of Transnistria; 8 Jacqueline Mowbray: Breton Road Signs; 9 Anne-Charlotte Martineau: Chicotte; 10 Stephen Humphreys: Data: the Given; 11 Immi Tallgren: Dechiqueteuse (Papershredder); 12 James Parker: Gavel; 13 Helmut Aust: 'Good Urban Citizen'; 14 Allesandra Arcuri: Glyphosate; 15 Kate Miles: Insulae Moluccae: A Dutch East India Company Map; 16 Ziv Bohrer: Jolly Roger; 17 Surabhi Ranganathan: Manganese Nodules; 18 Alex Mills: Mosul Four and Iran Six; 19 Gerry Simpson: NM 68226 84912; TQ 30052 80597; 20 Julia Dehm: One Tonne of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (1tCO2e); 21 Jessie Hohmann: Opium; 22 Jean D'Aspremont and Eric De Brabandere: Paintings of International Law's Textbooks; 23 Sarah Dehm: Passport; 24 Thomas MacManus: Peace Sign, La Comunidad de Paz de San JoseCO de Apartado3; 25 Sophie Rigney: Postcard from the ICTY; 26 Andrew Lang: Purse Seine Net; 27 Geoff Gordon: Railway Clocks; 28 Alison Kesby: Refugee Chains; 29 Rosemary Rayfuse: Russian Flag at the North Pole; 30 Christine Schwobel-Patel and Wouter Werner: Screen; 31 Lolita Buckner-Inniss: Ships' Ballast; 32 Doug Guilfoyle: Somali Pirate Skiff; 33 Tanja Aalberts: Sovereign Mark of the Roi Ne-Do'ucoula, King of Boma; 34 Daniel Litwin: Stained Glass Windows, the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace; 35 Michael Fakhri: Sugar; 36 Ruth Buchanan and Jeff Hewitt: Treaty Canoe; 37 Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli: Trees; 38 Charlie Peevers: USAID Rice - Haiti; 39 Jeffrey Smith: Western Sahara Boundary; 40 Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Whale