The Analogy between States and International Organizations

Abstract

Fernando Lusa Bordin’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in international organizations (IOs) and how they relate to states and, hence, to international law. It is a must-read too for anyone thinking about the nature and scope of general international law and, especially, the sources and subjects of international law. Not only is the monograph extremely well structured, written and argued, but one also learns a lot from the detailed discussions of various themes in the international law of treaties or international responsibility law with which the author illustrates each step of the argument. Finally, the book makes an important contribution to current debates about the nature of international legal reasoning, its techniques and the constraints that weigh on it.