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Lädt ... Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Lawvon Allen Buchanan
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This book articulates a systematic vision of an international legal system grounded in the commitment to justice for all persons. It provides a probing exploration of the moral issues involved in disputes about secession, ethno-national conflict, 'the right of self-determination of peoples,'human rights, and the legitimacy of the international legal system itself. Buchanan advances vigorous criticisms of the central dogmas of international relations and international law, arguing that the international legal system should make justice, not simply peace among states, a primary goal, andrejecting the view that it is permissible for a state to conduct its foreign policies exclusively according to what is in the 'the national interest'. He also shows that the only alternatives are not rigid adherence to existing international law or lawless chaos in which the world's one superpowerpursues its own interests without constraints. This book not only criticizes the existing international legal order, but also offers morally defensible and practicable principles for reforming it. Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination will find a broad readership in political science,international law, and political philosophy. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I do wonder how many readers will persevere to the second half of the book, where the real argument begins, because the author is regrettably slow in getting to the point. At just over 70 pages, the introductory chapters are much longer than they need to be. The ensuing Part One: Justice contains another 160 pages of painstaking interpretations of earlier moral theory, particularly John Rawls' works. I think these discussions are a bit out of place in this work. A far simpler conception of justice would clearly have sufficed for the main arguments concerning international law. In fact a prospective reader could easily start reading this book exactly at the halfway point, at the beginning of Part Two, and immediately be up to speed on the main argument.