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How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works.

How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works. Though appeals to international law have grown ever more central to international disputes and international relations, there is no well-developed, comprehensive theory of how international law shapes policy outcomes. Filling a conspicuous gap in the literature on international law, Andrew T. Guzman builds a coherent theory from the ground up and applies it to the foundations of the international legal system.

Filling a conspicuous gap in the legal literature, Andrew T. Guzmans How International Law Works develops a coherent theory of international law and applies that theory to the primary sources of law, treaties, customary. Guzmans How International Law Works develops a coherent theory of international law and applies that theory to the primary sources of law, treaties, customary international law, and soft law. Starting where most non-specialists start,Guzman looks at how a legal system without enforcement tools can succeed. Using tools from across the social sciences Guzman deploys a rational choice methodology to explain how a legal system can succeed in the absence of coercive enforcement.

Andrew T. Guzman is Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at Boalt Hall School of Law, at the University of California, Berkeley.

How International Law Works: A Rational Choice Theory. Guzman, How International Law Works

How International Law Works: A Rational Choice Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Guzman, How International Law Works. A Rational Choice Theory (2008). Trachtman, The Economic Structure of International Law (2008). EJIL (2009), Vol. 20 No. 4, 1247–1262.

Applying rational-choice theory to international law and international relations, this book offers a comprehensive theory of the subject, how it operates, and why it works. Taking as a starting point that states comply only when it is in their selfinterest to do so, the book demonstrates that international law nevertheless supports cooperation among states. This book develops a theory of international law to explain how concerns about reciprocal noncompliance, retaliation, and reputation discourage states from violating their international legal commitments.

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How International Law Workspresents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works.

Rational choice theory, also known as choice theory or rational action theory, is a framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior

Rational choice theory, also known as choice theory or rational action theory, is a framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior. The basic premise of rational choice theory is that aggregate social behavior results from the behavior of individual actors, each of whom is making their individual decisions. The theory also focuses on the determinants of the individual choices (methodological individualism).

How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works

How International Law Works presents a theory of international law, how it operates, and why it works.