Dothan: The Seeds of Peace and Justice

Shai Dothan (Univ. of Copenhagen - Law) has posted The Seeds of Peace and Justice (Chicago Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Some positive developments in international law had humble beginnings. They started from a small group of idealists who wanted to change the world for the better. Once their ideas gathered momentum, they got the support of people with power and transformed the world. State after state followed each other in a cascade toward improving international law. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the conditions that are beneficial for the initial germination of ideas with the potential to positively revolutionize international law. By using a series of case studies focused on the initiation of major transformations that improved international law, the paper attempts to recommend how national and international settings need to be arranged to support such transformations.