International Negotiation
A Process of Relational Governance for International Common Interest

Looks at international negotiation from a novel, relational international law perspective and challenges prescriptive models.

Evangelos Raftopoulos (Author)

9781316647455, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 January 2020

286 pages
22.9 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

'The South China Sea arbitration … is so far the first attempt by a claimant State in the South China Sea to resort the dispute to a third party forum … (and) it does not make a desired contribution to resolving the real dispute … Nevertheless, it does motivate China and ASEAN to speed up the negotiation on the consultation of the Code of Conduct. Raftopoulos' book, viewing international negotiation as a process of relational governance based on the analytical framework of international common interest, will shed light on countries who are in favor of preference for negotiation in managing international disputes. The book generates much discussion on the matrix of the international negotiation process through both an intellectual and pragmatic lens, and should be read by academics and practitioners of international law and negotiations, officials of international organizations, and anyone interested in the interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations.' Dr Nong Hong, Ocean Yearbook

Evangelos Raftopoulos explores international negotiation as a structured process of relational governance that generates international common interest between and among international participants and in relation to the international public order. He challenges prescriptive models of negotiation - developed in international relations and positivistic approaches to international law, which artificially separate treaties from negotiation in the name of 'objectivity' - and opens a window for looking at international negotiations from a novel, international law perspective. Using an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates law, philosophy, politics, and linguistics, he proposes a holistic, theoretical model of multilateral international negotiation that not only offers a 'subjective' view of international law in practice but also demonstrates the importance of understanding the horizontal normativity of international ordering. This work should be read by academics and practitioners of international law and negotiations, officials of international organizations, and anyone else interested in international law and international relations.

Part I. Theoretical Approaches to International Negotiations and International Common Interest
Section 1. The 'Theorization' of International Negotiation
Part II. The Negotiation Phases in the Conventional Construction of International Common Interest
Section 3. The Pre-Negotiation Phase as a Process of Transformative Governance.

Subject Areas: Environment law [LNKJ], Environment, transport & planning law [LNK], International arbitration [LBHT], Settlement of international disputes [LBH], International organisations & institutions [LBBU], Diplomatic law [LBBD], Public international law [LBB], Legal history [LAZ], Law & society [LAQ], Jurisprudence & general issues [LA]