Chapter 2: Analogy
Fernando Lusa Bordin
Category:
Handbook Chapter
Published:
22 Feb 2019
Page Range:
25–38
Collection:
Law 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474684.00007
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Reasoning by analogy is one of the techniques to which the legal profession turns to tackle the problems of uncertainty that every legal system poses. As a decentralized legal order which comprises neither a legislator nor a system of courts with compulsory jurisdiction, international law provides a fertile ground for the drawing of analogies. This contribution provides an overview of ways in which analogies have been used to shape international law, and of some of the resulting normative questions.

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Cover Concepts for International Law
Concepts for International Law
Edited by
Jean d’Aspremont
and
Sahib Singh
Handbook
Published:
22 Feb 2019
Print ISBN:
9781783474677
eISBN:
9781783474684
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474684
Pages:
960
Collection:
Law 2019
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