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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... impose a countering faith on the whole world. Indeed, prominent thinkers in Europe warn that the United States re- mains in the grip of “religious fundamentalism.” Jürgen Habermas, Ger- many's most prominent philosopher, shuddered in ...
... impose new obligations or restrictions on European governments in the name of international law. The ECJ feels free to justify its rulings on the basis of international treaties which have no direct connection with the European Union ...
... impose standards on private firms. So the UN spon- sors a “Global Compact” in which firms are supposed to agree to live up to international notions of environmental rectitude and workers' rights, without reference to the actual law of ...
... impose any level of torment on their own citizens without fear of outside intervention. It seems a powerful argument—until one thinks about what, if anything, follows from this moral challenge. The traditional view was that even ...
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Índice
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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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