Influential writers on international law and international relations explore the making, interpretation and enforcement of international law.

Part I. Introduction: Setting the Stage: 1. International law and international relations: taking stock Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack; 2. Law, legalization, and politics: an agenda for the next generation of IR/IL scholars Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal; Part II. Theorizing International Law: 3. Institutionalism and international law Barbara Koremenos; 4. Liberal theories of international law Andrew Moravcsik; 5. Constructivism and international law Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope; 6. Wanted: dead or alive - realist approaches to international law Richard H. Steinberg; Part III. Making International Law: 7. Flexibility in international agreements Laurence R. Helfer; 8. Hard and soft law Gregory Shaffer and Mark A. Pollack; 9. NGOs in international relations (theory) Peter J. Spiro; 10. Regulatory networks Abraham Newman and David Zaring; 11. Lawmaking by international organizations: perspectives from IL/IR theory Ian Johnstone; 12. Institutional proliferation and the international legal order Kal Raustiala; 13. Legitimacy: concepts and conceptions/normative and descriptive Daniel Bodansky; Part IV. The Interpretation and Application of International Law: 14. The multiple roles of international courts and tribunals: enforcement, dispute resolution, constitutional and administrative review Karen J. Alter; 15. The design of dispute settlement procedures in international agreements Barbara Koremenos and Timm Betz; 16. Whose agents? The interpretation of international law in national courts Lisa Conant; 17. International judicial independence Erik Voeten; 18. The politics of treaty interpretation: variations and explanations across international tribunals Joost Pauwelyn and Manfred Elsig; Part V. Enforcement, Compliance, and Effectiveness: 19. The engines of compliance Jana von Stein; 20. Coercive enforcement in international law Alexander Thompson; 21. Reputation in international relations and international law theory Rachel Brewster; 22. Open economy law Joel P. Trachtman; 23. Persuading to comply: on the deployment and avoidance of legal argumentation Steven R. Ratner; 24. Against compliance Lisa L. Martin; Part VI. Conclusions: 25. International law and international relations: twenty years later Anne-Marie Slaughter; 26. Reviewing two decades of IL/IR scholarship: what we've learned, what's next Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack.