The philosophy of international law / edited by Samantha Besson and John Tasioulas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besson, Samantha, 1973-

Tasioulas, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--Philosophy.

International law.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Physical Description:

xiv, 611 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International law has recently emerged as the subject-matter of an exciting new field of philosophical investigation. This volume is the ideal guide to the current debates, offering 29 specially commissioned essays by leading philosophers and international lawyers, addressing the central philosophical questions about international law.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

PART I: GENERAL ISSUES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

SECTION I: HISTORY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

1 State of Nature versus Commercial Sociability as the Basis of International Law: Reflections on the Roman Foundations and Current Interpretations of the International Political and Legal Thought of Grotius, Hobbes, and Pufendorf

2 Immanuel Kant on International Law

SECTION II: LEGITIMACY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

3 The Legitimacy of International Law

4 The Legitimacy of International Law

SECTION III: INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY

5 Democratic Legitimacy and International Institutions

6 Legitimate International Institutions: A Neo-Republican Perspective

SECTION IV: SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

7 Theorizing the Sources of International Law

8 The Sources of International Law: Some Philosophical Reflections

SECTION V: INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATION

9 International Adjudication

10 International Adjudication: A Response to Paulus-Courts, Custom, Treaties, Regimes, and the WTO

SECTION VI: SOVEREIGNTY

11 The Logic of Freedom and Power

12 Sovereignty in the Context of Globalization: A Constitutional Pluralist Perspective

SECTION VII: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

13 International Responsibility

14 International Responsibility

PART II: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

SECTION VIII: HUMAN RIGHTS

15 Human Rights without Foundations

16 Human Rights and the Autonomy of International Law

17 Human Rights

SECTION IX: SELF-DETERMINATION AND MINORITY RIGHTS

18 Minority Rights in Political Philosophy and International Law

19 Two Conceptions of Self-Determination

SECTION X: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW

20 The Role of International Law in Reproducing Massive Poverty.

21 Global Justice, Poverty, and the International Economic Order

SECTION XI: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

22 Philosophical Issues in International Environmental Law

23 Ethics and International Environmental Law

SECTION XII: LAWS OF WAR

24 Laws of War

25 Laws of War

SECTION XIII: HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

26 Humanitarian Intervention

27 Humanitarian Militarism?

SECTION XIV: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

28 Fairness to Rightness: Jurisdiction, Legality, and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Law

29 Authority and Responsibility in International Criminal Law

Index

A

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I

J

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M

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P

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U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-154912-6

OCLC:

609861625