Normative Pluralism and International Law: Exploring Global Governance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107036222)

This book addresses conflicts involving different normative orders: What happens when international law prohibits behavior, but the same behavior is nonetheless morally justified or warranted? Can the actor concerned ignore international law under appeal to morality? Can soldiers escape legal liability by pointing to honor? Can accountants do so under reference to professional standards? How, in other words, does law relate to other normative orders? The assumption behind this book is that law no longer automatically claims supremacy, but that actors can pick and choose which code to follow. The novelty resides not so much in identifying conflicts, but in exploring if, when, and how different orders can be used intentionally. In doing so, the book covers conflicts between legal orders and conflicts involving law and honor, self-regulation, lex mercatoria, local social practices, bureaucracy, religion, professional standards, and morality.

Author: Jan Klabbers
ISBN-10: 1107036224
ISBN-13: 9781107036222
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2013
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d