This review essay addresses the call for a ‘material turn’ in international law announced with the publication of International Law’s Objects. It will engage the book’s methodological forays into a material culture studies approach to international law by analysing the theoretical positions of the introductory essays. It will do so, in part, by reviewing the various goals enunciated, including a revitalization of what the editors see as a dusty, text-centric discipline, as well as their hope to broaden the range of international legal study. It will do so also by engaging material culture studies in source disciplines, such as anthropology and archaeology. The review essay will then analyse four of the case studies of objects, how they work with their chosen objects and what the contributors add to our understanding of international law with their confrontation. The essay will offer the potential goals of using material culture study by proposing that international legal study is advanced by enhancing our apprehension of the lived experience of international law through an engagement with objects and by a linked opening up of all the senses to bring us a fuller apprehension of the workings and impact of international law.

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国际法的东西

这篇评论文章探讨了随着《国际法客体》的出版而宣布的国际法“物质转向”的呼吁。它将通过分析介绍性文章的理论立场，将本书的方法论研究纳入国际法的物质文化研究方法。它将在某种程度上通过审查所阐明的各种目标来实现这一目标，包括振兴编辑们认为的尘土飞扬、以文本为中心的学科，以及他们希望扩大国际法律研究的范围。它还将通过在人类学和考古学等源学科中进行物质文化研究来做到这一点。然后，评论文章将分析对象的四个案例研究，他们如何处理他们选择的对象以及贡献者通过他们的对抗增加了我们对国际法的理解。本文将提出使用物质文化研究的潜在目标，提出通过与对象的接触和通过所有感官的联动开放给我们带来一个更全面地理解国际法的运作和影响。