Just War and International Order (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107644748)

At the opening of the twenty-first century, while obviously the world is still struggling with violence and conflict, many commentators argue that there are many reasons for supposing that restrictions on the use of force are growing. The establishment of the International Criminal Court, the growing sophistication of international humanitarian law and the 'rebirth' of the just war tradition over the last fifty years are all taken as signs of this trend. This book argues that, on the contrary, the just war tradition, allied to a historically powerful and increasingly dominant conception of politics in general, is complicit with an expansion of the grounds of supposedly legitimate force, rather than a restriction of it. In offering a critique of this trajectory, 'Just War and International Order' also seeks to illuminate a worrying trend for international order more generally and consider what, if any, alternative there might be to it.

Author: Nicholas Rengger
ISBN-10: 1107644747
ISBN-13: 9781107644748
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2013
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014