id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3744 International legal theories - Wikipedia .html text/html 4988 425 48 International legal theory comprises a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches used to explain and analyse the content, formation and effectiveness of public international law and institutions and to suggest improvements. Some of these approaches are based on domestic legal theory, others are interdisciplinary, while others have been developed expressly to analyse international law. Within the Realist approach, some scholars have proposed an "enforcement theory" according to which international legal norms are effective insofar as they "publicize clear rules, enhance monitoring of compliance, and institutionalize collective procedures for punishing violations, thereby enhancing the deterrent and coercive effects of a stable balance of power."[7] Thus, the role of reciprocity and sanctions is underlined. American Society of International Law, International Legal Theory, volumes 1–12 (1995–2006). ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3744.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3744.txt