Towards a Critical Constructivist Theory of Legal "norm-internalization"

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Towards a Critical Constructivist Theory of Legal "norm-internalization" is written by Umut Özsu and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0494402636 (ISBN 10) and 9780494402634 (ISBN 13).

The thesis aims to problematize existing applications of constructivist social theory to legal "norm-internalization" processes in international and comparative law by way of an analytical discussion and two case studies involving early Republican Turkey. The author begins by demonstrating that current forms of constructivist theory in international and comparative legal scholarship tend to sideline consideration not only of the mechanisms through which European/Western legal norms have been made to serve the interests of colonialism and imperialism, but also of the techniques through which local forces have appropriated and manipulated such norms for the sake of achieving a variety of objectives. The author then brings this critique to bear upon two case studies, examining the manner in which the Turkish Civil Code of 1926 was prepared and promulgated and providing a close reading of Turkey's submissions to the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Case of the S. S. "Lotus ".