LAW AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FACING A JOINT DISCIPLINE, FROM INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COMPLIANCE

• Autor(a) principal: Elias, Fernando Lopes Ferraz
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da Faculdade de Direito UFPR (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/direito/article/view/39815
• topic: International Relations. International Law. Common Discipline. International Legal Compliance.; Direito Internacional; Relações Internacionais; Relações Internacionais. Direito Internacional. Disciplina comum. Mecanismos de indução ao cumprimento das normas internacionais.

The purpose of this article is to assess the possibility of building a joint discipline between Law and International Relations. Initially, we highlight the dilemmas and challenges of an eventual interdisciplinary fusion. We next consider the possibilities and prospects of a dialogue between the two areas. At the end, we investigate the method applied to the study of Law and International Relations. We found that epistemological and methodological obstacles prevent a complete integration between Law and International Relations. However, in order to investigate the influence of international norms on the behavior of international actors, a new empirical field for International Law is being uncovered, from the application of Social Sciences’ methods and the revision of international relations theory. We should not seek a general theory of International Law and International Relations, but a collaborative research agenda, based on a common vocabulary between the two disciplines.