State Responsibility in the International Legal Order: A Critical Appraisal by Katja Creutz [Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, 352pp, ISBN 978-1-108-49429-8, £95 (h/bk)

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State Responsibility in the International Legal Order: A Critical Appraisal by Katja Creutz [ Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020, 352pp, ISBN 978-1-108-49429-8, £95 (h/bk)] In Ibsen's play The Enemy of the People, Dr Stockman fights relentlessly for the truth, even if it runs counter to the wishes of the majority. [...]the book ends by discussing the fragmentation of the regime and alternatives to responsibility that are better suited to tackling current challenges, namely international liability and criminal law. [...]no field of law, whether domestic or international, can escape the ultimate argument of ‘political will’. [...]as the author's approach is pragmatic, the argument of political will could not have been avoided.