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Foreign & International Law - The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language, and Longing in World Politics

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Book Synopsis: The Sentimental Life of International Law is about our age-old longing for a decent international society and the ways of seeing, being, and speaking that might help us achieve that aim. This book asks how international lawyers might engage in a professional practice that has become, to adapt a title of Janet Malcolm's, both difficult and impossible. It suggests that international lawyers are disabled by the governing idioms of international lawyering, and proposes that they may be re-enabled by speaking different sorts of international law, or by speaking international law in different sorts of ways.

In this methodologically diverse and unusually personal account, Gerry Simpson brings to the surface international law's hidden literary prose and offers a critical and redemptive account of the field. He does so in a series of chapters on international law's bathetic underpinnings, its friendly relations, the neurotic foundations of its underlying social order, its screened-off comic dispositions, its anti-method, and the life-worlds of its practitioners. Finally, the book closes with a chapter in which international law is re-envisioned through the practice of gardening. All of this is put forward as a contribution to the project of making international law, again, a compelling language for our times.

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Are you tired of the complexities and limitations of the current international legal system? Are you longing for a world where justice and cooperation prevail? Look no further than "The Sentimental Life of International Law: Literature, Language, and Longing in World Politics." This groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on the practice of international law, providing new ways of seeing, being, and speaking that can help us achieve a more just and peaceful international society.

Written by renowned author Gerry Simpson, this methodologically diverse and deeply personal account challenges the traditional governing idioms of international lawyering. Simpson proposes that by speaking international law in different ways and uncovering its hidden literary prose, international lawyers can overcome their limitations and make a real impact on the world.

Within the pages of "The Sentimental Life of International Law," you'll discover thought-provoking chapters on various aspects of the field, including its bathetic underpinnings, friendly relations, and the neurotic foundations of its underlying social order. Simpson also delves into the comic dispositions and anti-methods prevalent in international law, shedding light on the life-worlds of its practitioners.

What sets this book apart is its closing chapter, where Simpson presents a truly visionary approach to international law through the practice of gardening. By re-envisioning the field in this way, "The Sentimental Life of International Law" offers a fresh perspective on its potential, making it a compelling language for our times.

If you're ready to explore the possibilities of international law, order your copy of "The Sentimental Life of International Law" today and embark on a journey towards a better world.

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