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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... forces, the United States mounted a counterattack on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a principal host for the ... force to accomplish this result. For most Americans, the experience offered a clear lesson: The nation must depend ...
... force had liberated Kuwait from Iraqi conquest but left Saddam in power in Iraq itself. By the spring of 2003, there was general agreement on the Security Council that Saddam was still not complying with disarmament obligations imposed ...
... force on the scale that it did in its war against Saddam? Would the United States really secure more interna- tional support by sending troops around the world to establish new democracies, even where existing governments posed no ...
... force Europeans to participate in American “imperial adventures.” Still, the United States in- spires great fear and resentment in Europe. Is it more “imperial” to over- throw a particular dangerous tyranny—or to establish institutions ...
... force”? By link- ing “choice” with “reflection,” this version of the question acknowledges that choice has inherent limits. Random choice is not much different from leaving matters to “accident and force.” By posing the question as one ...
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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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