How Social Science is Transforming the Study of International Law

Author: Becky Gillespie, Director of Content at the University of Chicago Law School

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Discussion

UChicagoLuvr: The growing use of field experiments, surveys, and other applications of social science is transforming the study of international law, emphasizing empirically informed conclusions and perpetuating much-needed skepticism. March 13th, 2021 11:01am

NeemaHakim21: Every day, the stakes of international law increase. Crises like climate change and the pandemic demonstrate that informed critique of the law’s efficacy should not be at the periphery of the scholarship—it belongs front and center. August 10th, 2021 2:31pm

RBGBIG: Broad debates about the efficacy of law have been replaced by the study of conditional effects, examining where and when law is effective. This generation of scholars has spent less time arguing about topics like whether theoretical approaches like realism or constructivism are better justified, and more time arguing about topics like what the best way to empirically assess whether human rights treaties are improving human rights. November 22nd, 2021 3:33pm