International law in public debate / Madelaine Chiam, La Trobe University, Victoria.
By: Chiam, Madelaine [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2021Description: 219 p.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781108499293.Subject(s): International law -- Australia -- Language | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Australian | Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Participation, Australian | Australia -- Foreign relations -- Law and legislation -- LanguageGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | KU2060 .C45 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019269 |
Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Melbourne, 2017) issued under title: International law in Australian public debate : 2003, 1965, 1916.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--