International Law in the Interdisciplinary Mirror

American Journal of International Law, Vol. 94, p. 594, 2000

6 Pages Posted: 8 Oct 2009 Last revised: 27 Oct 2009

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Ed Morgan

University of Toronto - Faculty of Law

Date Written: October 4, 2009

Abstract

This article is a review essay of Anthony Clark Arend's book Legal Rules and International Society. It is also a comment on innovative, cross-disciplinary work in legal scholarship. It uses Jorge Luis Borges' short story "Menard: Author of the Quixote" as a springboard for analyzing the dilemma of exhaustion of possibilities in international scholarship. Arend's excellent reinvention of international law doctrine from a constructivist international relations point of view is seen through a Borgesian lens as a restatement that reinvigorates legal scholarship.

Keywords: international law, constructivism, Borges, interdisciplarity

Suggested Citation

Morgan, Ed, International Law in the Interdisciplinary Mirror (October 4, 2009). American Journal of International Law, Vol. 94, p. 594, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1482629

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