nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d679b589d0be8910 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260123s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d679b589d0be8910 doi eng 342 23 Rajagopal, Balakrishnan Author aut International Law in, and as, Crisis - Legal Breakdown and the Struggle for Transformation Rajagopal, Balakrishnan Verfassungsblog 2026-01-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier International law emerges most visibly in moments of catastrophe – war, mass violence, humanitarian breakdown – when it is called upon to restrain power, assign responsibility, and promise a horizon of order. Crisis has never been external to international law; it has been its condition of existence. Yet today, something more troubling is underway. International law is not only responding to crisis; it is itself in crisis. But its crisis did not begin in Gaza, Ukraine, or Washington. Its roots run far deeper. What is needed now is an international law from below. CC BY-SA 4.0 International Law TWAIL Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/international-law-in-and-as-crisis/ raw object