Fairness in International Law and Institutions

`Professor Franck has a clear view of current developments and has understood the contemporary need for strong guidelines and grand aspirations.' International Labour Review Professor Franck has a powerful intellect and a total command of the broad scope of international law./ The author sets out a bold vision of what international law is and what it can become./ ... the book is a scholarly 'tour de force', essential reading for anyone interested in international law./ Thomas Schoenbaum, Cambridge Law Journal, 1999. `This ambitious work begins with the premise that international law no longer has to defend its existence but can now make substantive progress...This the author does rather comprehensively.' Foreign Affairs `an original and groundbreaking source of international legal scholarship...This thorough, scholarly treatise iis bound to become a standard...Highly recommended for graduate students and faculty.' Choice `Although the book deals primarily with international law, the underlying theory is valid for all legal systems. It is unique in its combination of theory and practice...Professor Thomas Franck has written a masterpiece, a modern classic of international law.' EJIL 1997 `What is unusual is his thoughtful discussion of the great, indeed ultimate question, brought uncomfortably to the fore by Libya's persistence in defence of its sovereign rights.' London Review of Books `this work provides a vision for the future development of international law and institutions and ends with a challenge to both scholars and practitioners to take up the issue of fairess in the law actively.' International Affairs `...a work of considerable scholarship and vitality...Franck is challenging us to develop a new way of thinking about international law. I will have to read this book a second time, perhaps a third, to take in all that Franck offers, but that will be a pleasure not a burden.' The Cambridge Law Journal `'formidably learned and wide-ranging book...the most important thing to say about this book, quite apart from acknowledging Franck's theoretical sophistication and technical virtuosity, is that it moves international legal scholarship on to exactly the right terrain. It deserves the large readership it will no doubt achieve.'' The Edinburgh Law Review `"...a challenging contribution to the critical analysis of international law...It is a gigantic task, one which is led with such gusto that the reading is captivating and the argument compelling in many respects...a courageous attempt to address what are usually unaddressed issues in international law. The book realizes an interesting mix of law and politics."' Elizabeth Zoller, Virginia Journal of International Law, vol 36. `"...grand new book...provides a grand review of major international institutions...Professor Franck's book is a refreshing new direction in international law scholarship...Professor Franck has helped us embark upon an ambitious, but necessary, examination of the legitimacy and justice of our course."' Philip Trimble, "International Law", May 1997.