Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign StatesPrinceton University Press, 09/02/2009 - 360 páginas What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question. |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 85
... century, German princes tried, with the blessings of a uni- versal church, to revive the idea of a universal empire. These princes styled themselves rulers of an empire (reich) not only “holy” but “Holy Roman”—and claimed the title of ...
... century, Puritans were particularly taken with the vision of a new Israel in England—or in New England. In the era of the American Revolution, clergymen preached sermons again urging Americans to see their country as “God's American ...
... century, Europeans threw themselves into political schemes of boundless ambition—imposing total unity, seeking to build towers that would conquer Heaven by human will. And they brought death to millions and misery to hundreds of ...
... centuries. Will it be easier to learn to live with differences by insisting that differ- ences be negotiated away in common global standards—or by acknowl- edging that differences run deep? Apart from doubts about whether programs of ...
... .” The term was almost unknown at the start of the decade. By the dawn of the new century, it had become a ubiquitous catchphrase.2 The evasiveness of the term enhanced its charm. Ambiguity was Constitutional Government 19 •
Índice
1 | |
18 | |
The Constitutional Logic of Sovereignty | 45 |
The Enlightenment and the Law of Nations | 71 |
Diplomacy of Independence | 98 |
A World Safe for Eurogovernance | 130 |
The Human Rights Crusade | 158 |
Is Sovereignty Traded in Trade Agreements? | 193 |
American Independence and the Opinions of Mankind | 233 |
Notes | 271 |
Index | 345 |
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Law Without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States Jeremy A. Rabkin Pré-visualização limitada - 2005 |
Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States Jeremy A. Rabkin Pré-visualização indisponível - 2007 |