Unjust justice : against the tyranny of international law / Chantal Delsol ; translated with an introduction by Paul Seaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delsol, Chantal, 1947-

Contributor:

Seaton, Paul, 1954-

Series:

Crosscurrents (Wilmington, Del.)

Crosscurrents

Standardized Title:

Grande méprise. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and ethics.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Philosophy.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

International law--Philosophy.

International law.

Physical Description:

xix, 151 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction: Morality Placed Above any Religious or Secular Faith xv

Chapter 1 Genealogy: From Universal Empire to the World State 1

Chapter 2 Cosmopolitanism and Utopia: The Relevance of the Later Kant 9

Chapter 3 The Holocaust as Touchstone and Criterion of Crimes Against Human Rights 17

Chapter 4 The Contemporary Dismissal of Montesquieu and the Moderate Enlightenment 31

Chapter 5 The Monopoly on Moral Judgment and an International Moral Order 39

Chapter 6 Law and Recognition: A Presupposed But Nonexistent Moral Consensus 49

Chapter 7 Babel and the Fear of the Fragmentation of the World 59

Chapter 8 Plurality and Liberty: The Benefits of Conflict 65

Chapter 9 Limits: The Condition and Guarantee of Diversity 73

Chapter 10 Context and Being Situated in the Particular 81

Chapter 11 Can One Simply Transform Natural Law Into Positive Law? 89

Chapter 12 World Government, or the End of Politics 97

Chapter 13 The Process and the Elan 103

Chapter 14 Conquest Versus Quest 109

Chapter 15 Persuasion and Witnessing 113

Chapter 16 Just War and Political Decision 119.

Notes:

Originally published in French as: La grande méprise : justice internationale, gouvernement mondial, guerre juste : essai (Paris : Table ronde, 2004).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781933859071

1933859075

OCLC:

186989986