International law in public debate / Madelaine Chiam, La Trobe University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiam, Madelaine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--Australia--Language.

International law.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, Australian.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Australian.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Australian.

World War, 1914-1918.

Australia--Foreign relations--Law and legislation--Language.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Public debates in the language of international law have occurred across the 20th and 21st centuries and have produced a popular form of international law that matters for international practice. This book analyses the people who used international law and how they used it in debates over Australia's participation in the 2003 Iraq War, the Vietnam War and the First World War. It examines texts such as newspapers, parliamentary debates, public protests and other expressions of public opinion. It argues that these interventions produced a form of international law that shares a vocabulary and grammar with the expert forms of that language and distinct competences in order to be persuasive. This longer history also illustrates a move from the use of international legal language as part of collective justifications to the use of international law as an autonomous justification for state action.

Contents:

International law in public debate

A 'popular' international law

Public Debate in 2003 : The Iraq War

Public Debate in 1965-66 : The Vietnam War

Public Debate in 1916 : The First World War

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Nov 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Chiam, Madelaine International Law in Public Debate

ISBN:

1-108-60244-4

1-108-58858-1

1-108-60597-4