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Coalitions of the Willing and International Law: The Interplay between Formality and Informality (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

Coalitions of the Willing and International Law: The Interplay between Formality and Informality (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

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Alejandro Rodiles
Cambridge University Press, 8/30/2018
EAN 9781108493659, ISBN10: 1108493653

Hardcover, 314 pages, 23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm
Language: English

Global action and regulation is increasingly the result of the interplay between formality and informality. From the management of State conduct in international security to the coordination of national policies in climate change, international organizations work ever closer with coalitions of the willing. This book carefully describes this dynamic game, showing that it consists of transformative orchestration strategies and quasi-formalization processes. On the institutional plane, coalitions of the willing turn into 'durable efforts', while international organizations perform as 'platforms' within broader regime complexes. On the normative level, informal standards are framed in legal language and bestowed with the force of law, while legal norms are attached to multilayered schemes of implementation, characterized by pragmatic correspondences, persuasion tactics, and conceptual framing. Understanding how this interplay alters the notion of 'international legality' is crucial for the necessary recalibrations of the political ideals that will inform the rule of law in global governance.

1. Introduction
2. The conceptual metaphor 'coalition of the willing'
3. Testing the frame
the genealogy of a catchphrase
4. Global security governance by posse
the Proliferation Security Initiative & Co.
5. Coalitions of the willing in context
the interplay between formality and informality
6. Coalitions of the willing and the role of law in the de-formalized global complex
7. Conclusion.