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Portrait of Eduardo Gill-Pedro. Photo.

Eduardo Gill-Pedro

Associate senior lecturer

Portrait of Eduardo Gill-Pedro. Photo.

Legality and legitimacy in international law

Author

  • Eduardo Gill-Pedro

Editor

  • Ulf Linderfalk

Summary, in English

This chapter explores how diffent approaches to the concept of legitimacy are reflected in the different understandings of law endorsed by legal positivism, legal idealism and legal realism.

Department/s

  • Department of Law

Publishing year

2022

Language

English

Pages

203-216

Publication/Series

The International Legal System as a System of Knowledge

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • Public international law
  • Jurisprudence
  • Legal theory
  • Positivism
  • Idealism
  • Realism
  • Legitimacy
  • Folkrätt
  • Allmän rättslära

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781839105586
  • ISBN: 9781839105579