Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations by Ratner, Steven R.

Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198704041)

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Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations by Ratner, Steven R.

Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations

$130.00
Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations by Ratner, Steven R.

Thin Justice of International Law: A Moral Reckoning of the Law of Nations

$130.00
Format: Hardcover
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In a world full of armed conflict and human misery, global justice remains one of the most compelling missions of our time. Understanding the promises and limitations of global justice demands a careful appreciation of international law, the web of binding norms and institutions that help
govern the behavior of states and other global actors.

This book provides a new interdisciplinary approach to global justice, one that integrates the work and insights of international law and contemporary ethics. It asks whether the core norms of international law are just, appraising them according to a standard of global justice derived from the
fundamental values of peace and the protection of human rights.

Through a combination of a careful explanation of the legal norms and philosophical argument, Ratner concludes that many international law norms meet such a standard of justice, even as distinct areas of injustice remain within the law and the verdict is still out on others. Among the subjects
covered in the book are the rules on the use of force, self-determination, sovereign equality, the decision making procedures of key international organizations, the territorial scope of human rights obligations (including humanitarian intervention), and key areas of international economic law.

Ultimately, the book shows how an understanding of international law's moral foundations will enrich the global justice debate, while exposing the ethical consequences of different rules.


Author: Steven R. Ratner
ISBN-10: 0198704046
ISBN-13: 9780198704041
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2015
Pages: 486
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.96lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.94w x 1.25d
By Steven R. Ratner
By Steven R. Ratner
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Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

Steven Ratner is the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. His research has focused on a range of contemporary challenges facing governments and international institutions, including ethnic conflict, territorial borders, implementation of peace agreements, regulation of foreign investment and global business, the normative orders concerning armed conflict, and accountability for human rights violations. For the last ten years his research has concerned issues at the intersection of ethics and international law. Outside the academy, he was a member of the UN Secretary-General's Group of Experts on Cambodia in 1998-99 and of the UN's Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka in 2010-11. Since 2009, he has served on the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law.

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