The
Law & Politics Book Review has posted a
review of
MORGENTHAU, LAW AND REALISM (Cambridge University Press), by
Oliver Jütersonke. Reviewer
Scott Kuzner (University of Maryland) provides this introduction:
Oliver Jütersonke’s Morgenthau, Law and Realism is an attempt to
locate the influences and development of international relations giant
Hans J. Morgenthau through a ‘redescription’ of key career moments and
concepts in Morgenthau’s writings. Ultimately, this study aims to move
Morgenthau beyond his typical association with realism and place his
early scholarship in the field of public law, specifically the German
and US legal theoretical debates of the early twentieth century. What
emerges is an apologist portrait of a disenchanted legal scholar with
high expectations for the application of law in international affairs,
revealing a new dimension to the flat, pessimistic force that Morgenthau
is often depicted as in the realist-idealist conflict of International
Relations (IR) theory.
Read on
here. You can access the book's TOC
here, at the CUP website.
