The Difficult Relation between International Law and Politics: The Legal Turn from a Critical IPE Perspective

New Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-584

  Hartmann, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GATS; Habermas; legal turn; Pashukanis; Poulantzas; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; UNESCO;

EID: 84857242774     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2011.530345     Document Type: Article

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