The Dynamics and the Contestation of Global Norms

Abstract

This panel focuses on the dynamics of international norms. Instead of observing stability and broad legitimacy after an international norm has evolved, we often detect ongoing contestation around its application or even of its validity in different contexts. While for some scholars such contestation is already a sign of impending decay of a norm, for others such discursive processes around their application and justification are the basis for renewed legitimacy and possible adaptation of political norms. Drawing on discourse theory of law and normativity, as it has been developed with recourse to Kant, the panel aims at a better understanding of how the justification and application of international norms influence their robustness. The papers on this panel will investigate the dynamics of international norms, the contestatory and justificatory practices around norms in different arenas, whether international, regional or domestic. The panel can cover a broad range of international norms, such as, responsibility to protect, prohibition of torture, or a whaling moratorium.

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Contestation – Legitimacy and Negotiated Normativity in International Relations	View Paper Details
Contesting Contestation: How Different Types of Norm Contestation Influence the Robustness of Global Norms	View Paper Details
Implementing Child Protection – Contesting Universalised Notions of Childhood, Violence and Authority	View Paper Details
Anti-Torture Norms and Security Agencies: Britain in the 1970's vs Britain post 9/11	View Paper Details
Promoting the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Kosovo: On Types and Conditions of Norm Contestation	View Paper Details