From Babel to Esperanto and Back Again: The Fate of International Law (or of International Lawyers?)

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Professor Hélène Ruiz Fabri is Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law and Head of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution. She was previously Professor at the Sorbonne Law School (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Director of the Joint Institute for Comparative Law (CNRS/Paris 1).

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From Babel to Esperanto and Back Again: The Fate of International Law (or of International Lawyers?)

February 8, 2018

Hélène Ruiz Fabri

This post is part of the Joint Symposium that we are co-hosting with Opinio Juris on Anthea Roberts' new book Is International Law International? (OUP, 2017). While I’ve been reading, I have wondered about the exact nature of Anthea Roberts' book. A sociological inquiry? A manifesto? A plea? Against arrogance? Against a…