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The Limits ofLeviathan
Much of international law, like much of contract, is enforced not by independent
sanctions but rather through cooperative interaction among the parties, with repeat
dealings, reputation, and a preference for reciprocity doing most of the enforcement
work. The Limits of Leviathan identifies the areas in international law where formal
enforcement provides the most promising means of promoting cooperation and
where it does not. In particular, it looks at the International Criminal Court,
the rules for world trade, efforts to enlist domestic courts to enforce orders of
the International Court of Justice, domestic judicial enforcement of the Geneva
Convention, the domain of mercial agreements, and the question
of odious debt incurred by sovereigns. This book explains how international law,
like contract, depends largely on the willingness of responsible parties to make
commitments.
Robert E. Scott is a nationally recognized scholar and teacher in the fields of con-
tracts, commercial transactions, and bankruptcy. He was the inaugural Lewis F.
Powell Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law from 1982 to
2003 and William L. Matheson & Robert M. Morgenthau Distinguished Professor
from 2001 to he was named an inaugural recipient of the David and
published extensively in law journals. He has coauthored four books on contracts
mercial transactions. Among his many articles are six that he coauthored
with Professor Charles Goetz that set the standard for the economic analysis of the
law of contracts.
Paul B. Stephan is an expert on international business and Soviet and po