TY - BOOK AU - Johnstone,Ian AU - Ratner,Steven R. TI - Talking international law: legal argumentation outside the courtroom T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197588468 (ebook) : AV - KZ3410 .T35 2021 U1 - 341 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Oxford University Press KW - United Nations KW - International law KW - Political aspects N1 - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Examining legal argumentation by states and other actors in the settings where it mostly transpires - outside of courts, 'Talking International Law' challenges the realist assumption that legal argumentation is largely inconsequential. Addressing a gap in scholarship within international law and international relations theory, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of why it occurs, how, where, and to what effect by exploring the phenomenon in a range of issue areas, from security and human rights, to the environment, trade, and intellectual property UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197588437.001.0001 ER -