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  • Introduction

  • Arianna Whelan, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
  • Book:
    Reciprocity in Public International Law
    Published online:
    23 February 2023
    Print publication:
    02 March 2023, pp 1-8

  • Summary

    The negative connotations of reciprocity and its link to conduct-based responses in a lawless context have led to a juxtaposition in legal doctrine of reciprocity with community interests, institutionalisation, and the existence of objective legality. This chapter provides an overview of existing approaches to the subject and introduces the argument of this book, that reciprocity in public international law is not antithetical to community interests and obligations, but that its importance is explained by a structural factor: the sovereign equality of states. This explains and predicts where reciprocity will be relevant, and where it will find its limits.