From Apology to Utopia - Koskenniemi, Martti (University of Helsinki)

Presents a critical view of international law as a practice that aims to depoliticise international relations. Drawing from a range of materials, the author demonstrates how international law becomes vulnerable to the contrasting criticisms of being either an irrelevant moralist Utopia or a manipulable façade for State interests. Originally published in English in Finland in 1989, Cambridge is proud to reissue this seminal text, with a new Epilogue in which the author both responds to critiques of the original work, and reflects on the significance of his deconstructive approach today.