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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... the longing for some overarching political struc- ture, encompassing all or many nations, is a very old dream. For many centuries, it was even an achieved reality. UNivERSAL EMPiRES At the height of its power, the Roman 4 Chapter 1 •
... Empire seemed to rule the whole of the civilized world. If there were different empires in China or India, they were ... empire. Rome was the source of wealth and luxury, of order and law, of politi- cal wisdom and saving religion. So ...
... Empire lasted, it provided security from one end of Europe to the other—and good roads throughout. Medieval Europe, torn by endless feudal conflict and religious squabbles, longed for a revival of the Pax Romana—which it connected with ...
... Empire of old, today's European Union purports to pro- vide Europeans with a common citizenship and a common legal system. Modern Europe also imitates ancient Rome in its submission to a govern- ing scheme with republican (or ...
... empires. Empire was a matter of deeply ingrained expecta- tion. Perhaps it satisfied some genuine hopes or longings for peace and order among subject peoples. Europeans had much more difficulty restoring and sustaining a conti- nental ...
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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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