A new and improved explanatory account of international law

Abstract

Miodrag Jovanović has written an important account of why international law must be considered law. In this short review, I argue that his account succeeds at the cost of weakening a central feature of law, namely, its distinct normative force. By contrast, I suggest that we have the conceptual and descriptive tools needed to defend a more robust understanding of international law as providing its subjects with weighty reasons for action.

Nova in izboljšana razlaga mednarodnega prava. Miodrag Jovanović je napisal pomembno razlago o tem, zakaj je mednarodno pravo treba šteti za pravo. Avtor te kratke recenzije trdi, da Jovanovićeva razlaga uspe za ceno šibitve osrednje značilnosti prava, to je njegove normativne moči. Sam nasprotno trdi, da posedujemo pojmovna in opisna orodja, potrebna za zagovor robustnejšega pojmovanja mednarodnega prava, kot takega, ki naslovnikom ponuja tehtnih razlogov za ravnanje.