Cambridge University Press International Law As We Know It: Cyberwar Discourse and the Construction of Knowledge in International Legal Scholarship

International legal scholars tend to think of their work as the interpretation of rules: the application of a law 'out there' to concrete situations. This book takes a different approach to that scholarship: it views doctrine as a socio-linguistic practice. In other words, this book views legal scholars not as law-appliers, but as constructing knowledge within a particular academic discipline. By means of three close-ups of the discourse on cyberwar and international law, this book shows how international legal knowledge is constructed in ways usually overlooked: by means of footnotes, for example, or conference presentations. In so doing, this book aims to present a new way of seeing international legal scholarship: one that pays attention to the mundane parts of international legal texts and provides a different understanding of how international law as we know it comes about. Book Description Explores the role of international legal scholars in the construction of legal knowledge, looking at examples from the cyberwar debate. About the Author Lianne J. M. Boer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Transnational Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, VU Amsterdam. She previously co-edited Backstage Practices of Transnational Law (2019, with Sofia Stolk) and she was a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne Law School. Her research deals with the (socio)linguistics of knowledge construction in the field of international peace and security law.