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"The description for this book, How to Do Things with International Law, will be forthcoming. "--



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"Runner-Up for the 2018 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Studies Association’s International Organization Section"
"In this insightful book, Hurd argues that international law is actually best understood as a tool of state power--less an externally imposed constraint than a resource that governments employ to authorize and legitimize what they want to do."---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
"Hurd proposes the compelling argument that law does not just prohibit conduct, but it implicitly permits other conduct, so states will push law to permit the conduct they wish to engage in. . . . A refreshing dose of pragmatism."---Eleanor Healy-Birt, interLib
"Essential reading for everyone who engages with international law and international politics."---Rajeesh Kumar, Rest Journal

How to Do Things with International Law

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 17 October 2017
      ISBN-13 9780691170114
      978-0691170114
      ISBN-10 0691170118
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      Law International law Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "The description for this book, How to Do Things with International Law, will be forthcoming. "--



      Trade Review
      "Runner-Up for the 2018 Chadwick Alger Prize, International Studies Association’s International Organization Section"
      "In this insightful book, Hurd argues that international law is actually best understood as a tool of state power--less an externally imposed constraint than a resource that governments employ to authorize and legitimize what they want to do."---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
      "Hurd proposes the compelling argument that law does not just prohibit conduct, but it implicitly permits other conduct, so states will push law to permit the conduct they wish to engage in. . . . A refreshing dose of pragmatism."---Eleanor Healy-Birt, interLib
      "Essential reading for everyone who engages with international law and international politics."---Rajeesh Kumar, Rest Journal

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