Explaining compliance with international law

Broadening the agenda for enquiry

Bibliographic Data

ID6234077
AuthorsShirley V Scott (0000-0003-2771-1083, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume30
Issue2
Pages288-299
Publication date1995-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00323269508402337
OpenAlexW2038209398
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Current theoretical understanding of compliance with international law is based on an assumption that international law consists of a finite set of objective, compulsory rules. This image does not match reality but the two can be reconciled through theorising international law as ideology. Such an approach subsumes questions as to why states do or do not obey law and what influence international law has on foreign policy decision making. By placing the relationship of state behaviour to international law in a broader perspective it can account for previously identified determinants of compliance and provide a basis on which to assess their relative significance. At the same time, the research agenda regarding compliance is broadened by the introduction of fresh questions

Compliance (psychology · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · World Trade Organization Law

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