Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination
Moral Foundations for International Law
Seiten
2007
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929798-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929798-6 (ISBN)
This is the most systematic moral theory of international law available. Allen Buchanan offers principled and realistic proposals for how international law should respond to some of today's most urgent problems, including the justification of humanitarian intervention and secessionist conflicts.
This book articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, 'the right of self-determination of peoples,' human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the international legal system should make justice, not simply peace, among states a primary goal, and rejecting the view that it is permissible for a state to conduct its foreign policies exclusively according to what is in the 'the national interest'. He also shows that the only alternatives are not rigid adherence to existing international law or lawless chaos in which the world's one superpower pursues its own interests without constraints. This book not only criticizes the existing international legal order, but also offers morally defensible and practicable principles for reforming it. Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination will find a broad readership in political science, international law, and political philosophy.
Oxford Political Theory presents the best new work in political theory. It is intended to be broad in scope, including original contributions to political philosophy and also work in applied political theory. The series contains works of outstanding quality with no restrictions as to approach or subject matter.
Series Editors: Will Kymlicka, David Miller, and Alan Ryan
This book articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, 'the right of self-determination of peoples,' human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the international legal system should make justice, not simply peace, among states a primary goal, and rejecting the view that it is permissible for a state to conduct its foreign policies exclusively according to what is in the 'the national interest'. He also shows that the only alternatives are not rigid adherence to existing international law or lawless chaos in which the world's one superpower pursues its own interests without constraints. This book not only criticizes the existing international legal order, but also offers morally defensible and practicable principles for reforming it. Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination will find a broad readership in political science, international law, and political philosophy.
Oxford Political Theory presents the best new work in political theory. It is intended to be broad in scope, including original contributions to political philosophy and also work in applied political theory. The series contains works of outstanding quality with no restrictions as to approach or subject matter.
Series Editors: Will Kymlicka, David Miller, and Alan Ryan
Allen Buchanan is Professor of Public Policy and Philosophy at Duke University.
Synopsis ; 1. Introduction: The Idea of a Moral Theory of International Law ; PART I: JUSTICE ; 2. The Commitment to Justice ; 3. Human Rights ; 4. Distributive Justice ; PART II: LEGITIMACY ; 5. Political Legitimacy ; 6. Recognitional Legitimacy ; 7. The Legitimacy of the International Legal System ; PART III: SELF-DETERMINATION ; 8. Self-Determination and Secession ; 9. Intrastate Autonomy ; PART IV: REFORM ; 10. Principled Proposals for Reform ; 11. The Morality of International Legal Reform ; Bibliography ; Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.5.2007 |
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Reihe/Serie | Oxford Political Theory |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 804 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-929798-3 / 0199297983 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-929798-6 / 9780199297986 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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