Constructing the cornerstone : the role of legal tradition in shaping state policy toward international law -- The common law : legal culture, courts, and the continuity of policy in the United States and Australia -- The civil law : history and nationalism in Germany and Turkey -- Religious legal traditions: the role of Islam in shaping policy in Egypt and Saudi Arabia -- Mixed legal traditions : the impact of custom and colonialism in India and Kenya -- East Asian legal tradition : Confucius, Communism, and community in China and Japan