Economic Foundations of International Law

Eric A. Posner, A. O Sykes

Harvard University Press, Jan 1, 2013 - Law - 382 pages

Exchange of goods and ideas among nations, cross-border pollution, global warming, and international crime pose formidable questions for international law. Two respected scholars provide an intellectual framework for assessing these problems from a rational choice perspective and describe conditions under which international law succeeds or fails.

About the author

Eric A. Posner is Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.

Alan O. Sykes is James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Economic Foundations of International Law
• Authors: Eric A. Posner, A. O Sykes
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0674066995, 9780674066991
• Length: 382 pages
• Subjects: Law / International; Political Science / International Relations / General