Paul F. Diehl and Charlotte Ku’s new framework for international law divides it into operating and normative systems. The authors provide a theory of how these two systems interact, which explains how changes in one system precipitate changes and create capacity in the other. A punctuated equilibrium theory ofsystem evolution, drawn from studies of biology and public policy studies, provides the basis for delineating the conditions for change and helps explain apattern of international legal change that is often infrequent and sub-optimal, but still influential. INDICE: 1. Introduction; 2. A new framework for analysis and a model for legal change; 3. The influence of normative change on the operating system; 4. Extra-systemic adaptations to systemic imbalance; 5. The influence of the operating system on normative change; 6. Implications and future directions.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-12147-7
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 214
- Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés