| ID | 079899 |
| Title Proper | Political life of public international lawyers |
| Other Title Information | granting the imprimatur |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Scott, Shirley V |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The intervention of international lawyers in public debate in the US, UK and Australia regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq spotlighted the political agency of international lawyers in according or withholding legitimacy from major foreign policy decisions and raised the question of how to delimit the scope of international lawyers' political agency. Rejecting the close fit of either the transnational advocacy network or epistemic community concepts to the role played by the collectivity of international lawyers, this article identifies factors that both permit international lawyers to function as the grantors or withholders of foreign policy legitimacy and serve to define the limits on their fulfilling that role |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations Vol. 21, No.4; Dec 2007: p411-426 |
| Journal Source | International Relations Vol. 21, No.4; Dec 2007: p411-426 |
| Key Words | Epistemic Communities ; International Law ; International Lawyers ; Iraq ; Legitimacy ; Opportunity Structure ; Transnational Advocacy Networks ; Use of Force |