ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the Newstream ideas which have invigorated the discipline and have the potential to create a productive dialogue between the bearers of the international tradition and its challengers. The Newstream critique's major strength, its sense of a mission to create a new international law, risks being blunted by the lack of dialogue between the two approaches. Putting to one side the reality that at least some Mainstream and Newstream writers perceive their positions as antithetical, the chapter assumes any conversation between theoretical positions is good for international law, because it generates a deeper understanding of what the discipline entails. By offering one translation of a sample of the recent scholarship, the chapter demonstrates its richness and creativity. It provides a point of entry for dialogue between the perspectives and promotes the use of Newstream work as a valuable source of information and analysis for Mainstream scholars.
