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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Some parts of this publication are open access, available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. Chapters 2, 4, 10, 47 and 49 are offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The International Criminal Court is a controversial and important body...
The Theory of International Relations
Selected Texts from Gentili to Treitschke
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The great writings of the past on the subject of international relations add an important dimension to the contemporary study of the field. The Theory of International Relations consists of substantial selections from authors whose ideas should be readily available to all students of international...
The Individual in the International Legal System
Continuity and Change in International Law
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Kate Parlett's study of the individual in the international legal system examines the way in which individuals have come to have a certain status in international law, from the first treaties conferring rights and capacities on individuals through to the present day. The analysis cuts across fields...
North Korea, International Law and the Dual Crises
Narrative and Constructive Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has a reputation as one of the worst human rights situations in the world. This book utilizes a unique international law perspective to examine the actions and inactions of North Korea with regard to international security and human rights.
Adopting...
Unimaginable Atrocities
Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
As international criminal courts and tribunals have proliferated and international criminal law is increasingly seen as a key tool for bringing the world's worst perpetrators to account, the controversies surrounding the international trials of war criminals have grown. War crimes tribunals have to...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Observes how the growth of the political authority of the Council challenges the basic idea that states have legal autonomy over their domestic affairs. The individual essays survey the implications that flow from these developments in the crucial policy areas of: terrorism; economic sanctions; the...
Legitimising the Use of Force in International Politics
Kosovo, Iraq and the Ethics of Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on communicative action theory, it provides a provocative answer to the hotly contested question of how to understand the legitimacy of the use of force...
Critical International Theory
An Intellectual History
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Whether inspired by the Frankfurt School or Antonio Gramsci, the impact of critical theory on the study of international relations has grown considerably since its advent in the early 1980s. This book offers the first intellectual history of critical international theory. Richard Devetak approaches...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2009
Do states or individuals stand under duties of international justice to people who live elsewhere and to other states? How are we to assess the legitimacy of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Security Council? Should we support reforms of international...
International Law, New Diplomacy and Counterterrorism
An interdisciplinary study of legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
This interdisciplinary book explores how terrorism is meant to target a government’s legitimacy, and advocates for sounder defensive measures when countering international attacks.
The dramatic increase in global cooperation throughout the twentieth century—between international organisations...
The Politics of Justifying Force
The Suez Crisis, the Iraq War, and International Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
What are the politics involved in a government justifying its use of military force abroad? What is the role of international law in that discourse? How and why is international law crucial to this process? And what role does the media have in mediating the interaction of international law and politics?...
by David A. Lake
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations, David A. Lake challenges this traditional view, demonstrating that states exercise authority...
The Evolving Dimensions of International Law
Hard Choices for the World Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2010
This book examines recent developments in sources of public international law, such as treaties and custom operating among nations in their mutual relations, as well as developments in some of the primary rules of law international institutions created by these processes. It finds that public international...
Global Governance Diplomacy
The Critical Role of Diplomacy in Addressing Global Problems
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Nations, even the most powerful, cannot cope by themselves with many of the problems confronting them. Collective efforts are needed, and diplomacy is a key element in this process. This text examines how diplomacy serves global governance, how the diverse international actors use it, and what it...