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New Comparative Law Titles at Oxford

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Fiduciaries of Humanity: How International Law Constitutes Authority Criddle,  Fox-Decent 9780199397921 Fiduciaries of Humanity: How International Law Constitutes Authority discusses a new model of public international law where individuals as well as states are proper subjects, while human dignity has come to rival state autonomy as an organizing principle of international law. Translating the Social World for Law: Linguistic Tools for a New Legal Realism Mertz 9780199990559 Translating the Social World for Law: Linguistic Tools for a New Legal Realism provides specific examples of difficulties facing interdisciplinary communication between law and social science in an era where the legal academy is once again turning to social science. Institutionalizing State Responsibility: Global Security and UN Organs Proulx 9780199680399 Institutionalizing State Responsibility: Global Security and UN Organ investigates the contributions of the General Assembly, International Court of Justice, an