The Rhetoric of Fragmentation: Fear and Faith in International Law

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Martineau, Anne Charlotte ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

argumentative patterns; fragmentation; history; international law; legal discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987670319     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S092215650800561X     Document Type: Article

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