This timely Research Handbook examines the dynamic and interdependent relationship between law and diplomacy in the contemporary international system. Through accounts of the actual practice of international law and diplomacy, it provides insights into how international law and relations operate and examines the complex relationship.

Contents: Preface xiv 1 The interdependence of law and diplomacy: introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Diplomacy 1 Margaret E. McGuinness and David P. Stewart PART I HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CASE STUDIES IN LAW AND DIPLOMACY 2 Law, diplomacy and German unification 23 Jeremy Hill and Michael Wood 3 Law and diplomacy in the compulsory conciliation between Australia and Timor-Leste 41 Katrina Cooper 4 Lawyering and the use of force in Libya and Syria operations 61 Mary B. DeRosa PART II LAW, DIPLOMACY, AND INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION 5 At the intersection of diplomacy and international law: the ISDS reform process 84 Chiara Giorgetti 6 Disequilibrium in the multilateral trading system and the (necessary) return of diplomacy 103 Robert McDougall PART III LAW AND DIPLOMACY AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 7 The IMF and the evolution of international monetary and financial law 123 Sean Hagan 8 Law and diplomacy at the World Health Organization 138 Steven A. Solomon and Kenneth Piercy PART IV LAW, DIPLOMACY, AND CIVIL SOCIETY 9 Judicial diplomacy and the global community of law: the federal judiciary advancing the rule of law abroad 156 The Honorable Sidney H. Stein and Omar Badawi 10 Diplomacy of legal reform at the OAS 174 Luis Humberto Toro Utillano 11 Non-governmental organizations as international law’s diplomats 192 Elizabeth Andersen PART V LAW AND MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES 12 Environmental diplomacy: “the elements” 209 Makane Moïse Mbengue and Elena Cima 13 Space law and diplomacy 227 Christopher J. Borgen 14 Law and diplomacy in the business and human rights treaty negotiations 248 Humberto Cantú Rivera and Danielle Anne Pamplona PART VI DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 15 Diplomacy and compliance at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 263 Joel Hernández 16 Human rights treaty bodies: law, diplomacy, either or neither 282 Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov PART VII LAWYERS, DIPLOMATS, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 17 Lawyer or diplomat? 300 Miguel de Serpa Soares 18 Legal advisers’ professional duties in the diplomatic context 320 Harry Aitken 19 Law as power: advising the state and the practice of diplomacy 340 Mohamed Helal Index 358

‘A distinguished roster of scholars and diplomats tells the story of how law and diplomacy lace together to create contemporary international affairs. This book is the ideal place to see behind the scenes where professionals in foreign offices, international institutions, and academia draw together legal and diplomatic resources. It is an exemplary collection for scholars of international law and politics.’