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This study thus complicates and enriches prevailing approaches that emphasize formal institutions, structural features, or economic rationalism, offering instead a model for applying legal sociology to the historical study of international law.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":52958989025553,"sku":"NGR9780197838525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53399031972113,"sku":"NIN9780197838525","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780197838525.jpg?v=1782818291"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/the-history-and-theory-of-international-law-book-series.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}