Through eye-catching design or bureaucratic functionality, buildings make international law tangible for its practitioners, audiences and constituencies. This compelling book furthers our understanding of the impact of architecture on the field of international law with imagination and style. Chapters engage with questions surrounding the relationship between architecture and identity construction, public reception, (de)colonial ordering, affect and spatial politics. Offering a range of perspectives on the role of architecture in shaping international law, the impressive group of contributors set out a new transdisciplinary enquiry into law, space, and aesthetics. The book highlights how the material, visual, and spatial realms influence international law’s norms, values, histories, as well as our individual experiences and expectations of the law. Illustrated by a rich array of images of signature international spaces, International Law and Architecture is a timely and essential resource for students of public international law, politics, and architecture. The book will also engage readers interested in the intersections of geography, urban studies, and legal practice. ‘This innovative and important contribution allows the reader to wander through the buildings and concepts of international law under the skilful guidance of the editors. It enables fresh -- viewpoints to emerge from the interplay of doctrine and infrastructure, concept and concrete, revealing valuable new perspectives on international law’s history and its ongoing projects.’– Jessie Hohmann, University of Technology Sydney, Australia ‘Is there a more exciting, penetrating and enjoyable way to engage with international law than through architecture? This volume brings together leading scholars at the forefront of international legal scholarship’s recent turn to materiality to explore international law through the visual, spatial, and material dimension of architecture. The result is an exuberant, innovative, and thought-provoking collection of essays that critically examine how architecture both shapes and reflects international law. With essays that traverse courthouse gardens and institutional headquarters, the ruins of Gaza and Mariupol, and the transparent spaces of the ICC, this book illuminates the political, performative, and postcolonial entanglements of law and the built environment. It invites readers to attune their gaze afresh―to see international law not only in texts and treaties, but in concrete, steel, and glass.Bringing the study of international law and architecture out of infancy, this volume opens rich new avenues for legal scholarship. Highly recommended!’ -- Janne E Nijman, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland and University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ‘This is a book about building, a book of and for buildings, and it builds something truly grand. International Law and Architecture is the first coordinated attempt to show the links between architecture, design, and the shape of international law. It is creative, clever, captivating, and cosmopolitan. Chock full of insightful word plays, this book takes its readers through a looking glass of concrete encounters, facades, rubble, and gardens.’ -- Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University, USA Edited by Renske Vos, Sofia Stolk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Miriam Bak McKenna, Roskilde University, Denmark