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. |
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... democratic nation was quite capable of committing mass atrocities, unless constrained by inter- national authority. The correct response to terror attacks, Europeans in- sisted, was to work with international authorities to defuse ...
... was the United States holding itself aloof from a project that aroused such hopes among democratic countries, western countries, peace-loving countries? A short book by Robert Kagan offered an explanation which Introduction 3 •
... democratic government had been put in place, critics complained of hypocrisy and double standards, since the United States had “supported” so many dictatorships in other parts of the world. Was it really in the power of the United ...
... democracy. It is fair at least to wonder whether contemporary disdain for sover- eignty does not reflect (or at least encourage) an impatience with its his- toric counterparts—that is, with constitutional government, with liberty and ...
... democracy. Even the white minority government in South Africa gave way to mul- tiracial democracy. The “democratic wave” seemed to be a worldwide phenomenon. New democracies eagerly sought outside investment and full participa- tion in ...
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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 |
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