Routledge Research in International Law
About the Book Series
The series offers a space for new and emerging scholars of international law to publish original arguments, as well as presenting alternative perspectives from more established names in international legal research. Works cover both the theory and practice of international law, presenting innovative analyses of the nature and state of international law itself as well as more specific studies within particular disciplines. The series will explore topics such as the changes to the international legal order, the processes of law-making and law-enforcement, as well as the range of actors in public international law. The books will take a variety of different methodological approaches to the subject including interdisciplinary, critical legal studies, feminist, and Third World approaches, as well as the sociology of international law. Looking at the past, present and future of international law the series reflects the current vitality and diversity of international legal scholarship.
Legal Challenges of China's One Belt One Road Initiative: Private International Law Considerations
1st Edition
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By Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit, Sai Ramani Garimella
November 17, 2025
This book covers new legal developments of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project assesses how litigation may be organised to enforce and compensate for defaults in its related initiatives. Structured across five themes, the contributors assess international economic engagement and the rule of law; ...
EU Sanctions Litigation: Fundamental Rights and International Security
1st Edition
By Alexandre Sztulman
November 12, 2025
This book comprehensively examiners the EU judiciary’s approach to international sanctions, drawing on recent case law from the Court of Justice and the General Court. It addresses the procedural framework governing judicial review, alongside substantive evaluation of restrictive measures in terms ...
International Law After the Ukraine War
1st Edition
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By Jennifer Giblin, Olena Chub, Patrick Butchard, Oksana Senatorova
September 18, 2025
Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine was a defining moment for international law and its ability to maintain international peace and security. This book highlights the principles, methods, and systems in place to regulate peaceful relations between states, and the implications the war in Ukraine has ...
Legal Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War: International and Polish Approaches
1st Edition
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By Michał Balcerzak, Ewelina Cała-Wacinkiewicz
September 18, 2025
This book critically examines the legal ramifications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the aftermath of these events. Combining international and domestic perspectives, it synthesises nearly three years of legal responses to the aggression. Russia's aggression against Ukraine has triggered ...
Sovereignty and the Limits of International Law: Regulating Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
1st Edition
By Todd Berry
August 29, 2025
The inspiration for this book comes from negotiations that are taking place under the auspices of the United Nations by an intergovernmental conference for a new International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation ...
The Social Contract Rediscovered: Consent’s Onto-Epistemological Integrity in the Late 20th Century
1st Edition
By Wenwei Guan
June 30, 2025
The Social Contract Rediscovered conducts a critical analysis of the historical evolution of legitimacy, tracing its development from natural law to positive law and finally to post-modern critiques. It fills a scholarly gap by addressing the overlooked aspect of the consent process. The book ...
Public Interest Litigation in International Law
1st Edition
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By Justine Bendel, Yusra Suedi
June 27, 2025
In a world of growing public interest in global matters and criticisms of multilateralism to adequately address them, the role of international courts and tribunals in the resolution of disputes is shifting. A central aspect of this shift is whether and how international courts and tribunals can be...
Law Reforms Around the World: Perspectives from National and International Law
1st Edition
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By Asif H Qureshi
May 27, 2025
Encapsulating Law Reform requires the creation of a discreet space occupied with normative self-generation, self-correction, and self-adaptation in the very anatomy of law and the architecture of legal systems. This ‘living dynamic trait’ should be a hallmark of the genetic material in the ...
Towards an Independent Kurdistan: Self-Determination in International Law
1st Edition
By Loqman Radpey
May 06, 2025
Kurdistan is among the world’s most notorious cases of self-determination denied, and the reasons why this outcome remains unachieved reveal as much about the biases of international law as they do about the merits of the case for Kurdistan. On the centenary of the Treaty of Lausanne, 24 July 1923,...
International Investment Law Reform: Contemporary Issues and Solutions
1st Edition
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By Obiajunwa Ama
March 11, 2025
This book offers contemporary assessment of the challenges facing international investment law and proposes innovative solutions for reform. The most controversial issue in international investment law is on the settlement of investor-state disputes and its implications on national regulatory ...
The Sustainable Development Goals in International Law and Policy
1st Edition
By Erika Techera
February 07, 2025
This book introduces the reader to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in an accessible and concise way, examining sustainable development from an international law and policy perspective. The SDGs seek to stimulate social, economic and environmental action to achieve peace and prosperity for ...
Rural and Remote Communities as Non-State Actors: A Legal and Moral Argument
1st Edition
By Ciprian Nicolae Radavoi, David Price
November 29, 2024
While entities as different as armed groups, multinational corporations, political parties, megacities, labour unions, terrorist organisations, or indigenous peoples are mentioned as non-state actors in the relevant literature, rural communities are never referred to. This book addresses the role ...