Change in International Law: Paths, Processes, Power

Drawing on 25 original case studies, this book offers the most systematic analysis of legal change in practice. It reveals a dynamic, institution-driven process, often beyond state control, highlighting both the adaptability and limits of international law in a fast-changing world.

Nico Krisch, Professor of International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Dr Ezgi Yildiz, Assistant Professor of Government and Research Associate, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, and Global Governance Center, Geneva Graduate Institute, Pedro Martínez Esponda, Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana CDMX

Nico Krisch is a Professor of International Law and Head of the International Law Department at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Previously, he has been an ICREA research professor at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals and held faculty positions at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and the Law Department of the London School of Economics. He was also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School. He has been the recipient of a Certificate of Merit of the American Society of International Law, a European Research Council Advanced Grant, as well as the inaugural Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law.

Ezgi Yildiz is an Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College and a Research Associate at the Global Governance Center of the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. She serves as a section co-chair of the European Society of International Law's Interest Group on Social Sciences and International Law, where she helps promote interdisciplinary research connecting international law and social sciences. Her book Between Forbearance and Audacity won the Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association's Human Rights Section and the International Studies Association's International Law section. It also received an Honorable Mention for the Chadwick F. Alger Prize from the International Studies Association's International Organization Section.

Pedro Martínez Esponda is a full-time professor at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Until December 2022, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, working for the ERC-funded project 'The Paths of International Law'. He holds a PhD and a Master in International Law from the Graduate Institute. He was a guest researcher at the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe - The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline? in Berlin from 2019 to 2021. He is a qualified lawyer in Mexico. Outside of academia, he has worked for UNHCR and OHCHR both in Mexico and in Geneva.