Widlak Tomasz. From international society to international community: The constitutional evolution of International Law

Gdańsk University Press, 2015. — 218 p. — ISBN: 978-83-7865-359-2 ; ISBN: 978-83-7865-361-5.The purpose of this book is to reconstruct the concept of “international community” and to provide a general picture sketched from the perspective of a bird’s-eye view of the theory and philosophy of international law. The aim is not so much to define international community but rather to attempt to understand the phenomenon in its wider normative, historical, cultural and socio-political context. Thereby, the book draws the reader’s attention to the significance of an issue generally neglected by the science of law as well as to the relation of the notion with the array of crucial problems of international law. The title reflects the conviction, that the process of constitutionalization of international law is convergent with the advancement of pluralist international society towards a true solidarist community.