1. The Divisible College of International Lawyers
I. Difference
II. Dominance
III. Disruption
2. Project Design
I. General Framework
II. The Actors and Materials Studied
III. The States and Universities Studied
IV. Important Concepts and Factors
V. Three Points of Method
3. Comparing International Law Academics
I. The Global Flow of Students and Ideas
II. Comparing Educational Profiles
III. Comparing Publication Placements
IV. Comparing Links Between Academia and Practice
4. Comparing International Law Textbooks and Casebooks
I. Preliminary Points of Method
II. The Nationalized/ Denationalized Divide
III. Inconsistent Approaches
IV. A Tendency to Look West
V. A Lack of Diverse Comparativism
VI. Divisions Between the Western and Non- Western Books
VII. Divisions Between Western Books
5. Patterns of Difference and Dominance
I. Comparing International Legal Academies
II. Identifying Scholarly Silos and Attempts to Connect
III. Identifying Patterns of Dominance
6. Disruptions Leading to a Competitive World Order
I. Shifting to a Competitive World Order
II. Disagreements in Practice, Not Just Words

This book challenges the idea that international law looks the same from anywhere in the world. Instead, how international lawyers understand and approach their field is often deeply influenced by the national contexts in which they lived, studied, and worked. International law in the United States and in the United Kingdom looks different compared to international law in China and Russia, though some approaches (particularly Western, Anglo-American ones) are more influential outside their borders than others. Given shifts in geopolitical power and the rise of non-Western powers like China, it