TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diehl, Paul F.
AU  - Ku, Charlotte
TI  - The Dynamics of International Law / 
SN  - 9780521121477
U1  - 340.2 
PY  - 2010///
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - Law
N2  - Paul F. Diehl and Charlotte Ku's new framework for international law divides it into operating and normative systems. The authors provide a theory of how these two systems interact, which explains how changes in one system precipitate changes and create capacity in the other. A punctuated equilibrium theory of system evolution, drawn from studies of biology and public policy studies, provides the basis for delineating the conditions for change and helps explain a pattern of international legal change that is often infrequent and sub-optimal, but still influential
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