Adjudicating over Anarchy : Judicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law

Cambridge University Press

Adjudicating over AnarchyJudicial Remedies, Compliance, and Enforcement in International Law\nAuthor(s): Geraldo Vidigal\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107160255, 978-1107160255\nSynopsis\nGeraldo Vidigal thoroughly examines the judicial powers of international courts and tribunals and how these powers are used in practice. Without access to state-backed enforcement measures, international adjudicators must rely on their authority to influence real-world outcomes. The book reviews, and offers a comprehensive theory for, the various social mechanisms that explain why and how international judicial pronouncements affect the behaviour of states, influencing the views of individuals within states as well as changing states' mutual expectations of cooperative and sanction-worthy behaviour. The book considers how judicial remedies can induce compliance by targeting specific areas of disagreement, i.