In/on applied legal research: Pragmatic limits to the impact of peripheral international legal scholarship via policy papers

Autor(es)

Capella Giannattasio, Arthur Roberto ^[1] ; Drezza, Debora Roma ^[2] ; Wehby, Maria Beatriz ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Relacoes Internacionais, Av Prof Lucio Martins Rodrigues S-N, BR-05508020 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Grad Inst Int & Dev Studies, Chemin Eugene Rigot 2A, CH-1202 Geneva - Switzerland

^[3] Univ Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Law Sch, R Consolacao 930, BR-01302907 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: LEIDEN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW; v. 34, n. 3, p. 571-583, SEP 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

This article examines the limits that academics from peripheral countries might encounter while trying to influence the decision-making process inside an international organization. Although there are different mechanisms whereby academia might influence non-academic debates, we highlight here the use of policy papers, in order to examine and discuss the non-textual barriers which might be faced by those academics. After an analysis of primary sources this article presents some pragmatic limits in the use of policy papers and discusses the consequences of this condition for the legitimation of international organizations. As such, relevant international organizations still seem to be unresponsive to some initiatives in particular: closed to the spontaneous participation of academia; and not willing to call for contributions from academic communities. This is particularly relevant for contributions from peripheral academia and other non-state actors, who lack the capability to disturb the traditional ideational power exercised by core (Western) countries and by state-centric ideology in current international law. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/20983-7 - O Tribunal Constitucional Internacional e seu Desenho Institucional como uma Autoridade Pública Internacional: A Defesa da Democracia e da Liberdade Política por meio do Direito Público Internacional
• Beneficiário: Arthur Roberto Capella Giannattasio
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular