This article revisits the relationship between law and international order. Building on legal research concerned with transnational law, we argue that domestic courts are endogenous sites of international political change. National courts are constitutive of international order by generating new rules, adjudicating transnational disputes, and bounding state sovereignty. We illustrate the ways in which national courts create new political opportunities by updating three core international relations theory debates. Recognizing the role of domestic courts as global adjudicators enhances our understanding of regime complexity and international forum shopping. By re-interpreting aspects of conventional international law, and engaging in cross-border dialogue, domestic courts challenge our understanding of international diffusion and judicialization. By redefining the boundaries of state authority and sovereignty, national courts create potential for conflict and cooperation. A transnational law perspective illustrates the porous nature between domestic and international spheres, highlighting how domestic courts have become adjudicators for state and non-state actors that operate across mainstream levels of analysis. Our approach calls on scholars to move beyond analyzing national legal systems as mechanisms of compliance to instead consider domestic courts as co-creators of international order.

本文回顾了法律与国际秩序之间的关系。基于与跨国法有关的法律研究，我们认为国内法院是国际政治变革的内在场所。国家法院通过制定新规则，裁决跨国争端和限制国家主权来构成国际秩序。我们通过更新三个核心的国际关系理论辩论来说明国家法院创造新的政治机会的方式。认识到国内法院作为全球审判员的作用，可以增进我们对政权复杂性和国际论坛购物的了解。通过重新解释传统国际法的各个方面，并进行跨境对话，国内法院对我们对国际传播和司法化的理解提出了挑战。通过重新界定国家权威和主权的界限，国家法院创造了冲突与合作的潜力。跨国法的观点说明了国内和国际领域之间的多孔性，突显了国内法院如何成为跨主流分析水平运作的国家和非国家行为者的裁决者。我们的方法呼吁学者们超越分析国家法律体系作为遵守机制而将国内法院视为国际秩序的共同创造者。强调国内法院如何成为跨主流分析水平运作的国家和非国家行为者的裁决者。我们的方法呼吁学者们超越分析国家法律体系作为遵守机制而将国内法院视为国际秩序的共同创造者。强调国内法院如何成为跨主流分析水平运作的国家和非国家行为者的裁决者。我们的方法呼吁学者们超越分析国家法律体系作为遵守机制而将国内法院视为国际秩序的共同创造者。