Following in the wake of its social science siblings, international law scholarship is experiencing a ‘behavioural turn’. One particularly fruitful area in which to explore the utility of behavioural insights is compliance. The contributions to the present symposium represent some of the first efforts to explore how psychological influences may shape the compliance decision-making process and to study the theoretical and practical advantages offered by pursuing a behavioural analysis of compliance. This essay addresses several cross-cutting issues of importance. First, it outlines the epistemological stance that is implicit in behavioural approaches to compliance. It draws a parallel with economic theory, suggesting that the persistent dominance of rational choice theory in that field belies a teleological difference between international law and economics. The essay then turns to suggest how psychological influences both interact with and build on the material and normative considerations that are posited in existing theories to determine actors’ compliance-related behaviour. It continues to address the limitations of adopting a behavioural approach to compliance, from both a methodological and normative point of view. The final section provides a brief introduction to the pieces included in this symposium and outlines avenues for future research.

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行为顺从理论

继其社会科学兄弟姐妹之后，国际法学术正在经历“行为转向”。探索行为洞察力的一个特别富有成果的领域是合规性。对本次研讨会的贡献代表了探索心理影响如何影响合规决策过程以及研究通过进行合规行为分析所提供的理论和实践优势的一些初步努力。本文讨论了几个重要的跨领域问题。首先，它概述了隐含在合规行为方法中的认识论立场。它与经济理论相提并论，表明理性选择理论在该领域的持续主导地位掩盖了国际法和经济学之间的目的论差异。然后，本文转而提出心理影响如何与现有理论中设定的物质和规范性考虑相互作用并建立在这些因素之上，以确定行为者的合规相关行为。从方法论和规范的角度来看，它继续解决采用行为方法进行合规的局限性。最后一节简要介绍了本次研讨会中包含的文章，并概述了未来研究的途径。然后，本文转而提出心理影响如何与现有理论中设定的物质和规范性考虑相互作用并建立在这些因素之上，以确定行为者的合规相关行为。从方法论和规范的角度来看，它继续解决采用行为方法进行合规的局限性。最后一节简要介绍了本次研讨会中包含的文章，并概述了未来研究的途径。然后，本文转而提出心理影响如何与现有理论中设定的物质和规范考虑相互作用并建立在这些考虑之上，以确定行为者的合规相关行为。从方法论和规范的角度来看，它继续解决采用行为方法进行合规的局限性。最后一节简要介绍了本次研讨会中包含的文章，并概述了未来研究的途径。