Listen closely: what silence can tell us about legal knowledge production

Citation

Schweiger E (2018) Listen closely: what silence can tell us about legal knowledge production. London Review of International Law, 6 (3), pp. 391-411. https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lry031

Abstract
Because most customary international law develops through acquiescence, state silence has played an important role in legal discussions on a changing right to self-defence. Zooming into the role silence plays in such debates, this article puts forward an epistemological critique of legal knowledge production in which silence becomes a pawn of an implicitly political debate.

Journal
London Review of International Law: Volume 6, Issue 3