Cross-Border Student Flows and the Construction of International Law as a Transnational Legal Field
Year: 2022

Abstract This chapter explains how the global flow of students shape the production and diffusion of knowledge in international law as a transnational legal field. It highlights the crucial role education plays in shaping an individual’s approaches and networks and how education represents a meaningful form of soft power through which academics in some states are able to diffuse ideas, materials, and approaches across borders. The chapter also mentions Oscar Schachter, who called the professiona