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Justice at a Distance
The current global-justice literature starts from the premise that world poverty is the result of structural injustice mostly attributable to past and present actions of governments and citizens of rich countries. As a result, that literature recommends vast coercive transfers of wealth from rich to poor societies, alongside stronger national and international governance. Justice at a Distance, in contrast, argues that global injustice is largely home-grown and that these native restrictions to freedom lie at the root of poverty and stagnation. The book is the first philosophical work to emphasize free markets in goods, services, and labor as an ethical imperative that allows people to pursue their projects and as the one institutional arrangement capable of alleviating poverty. Supported by a robust economic literature, Justice at a Distance applies the principle of noninterference to the issues of wealth and poverty, immigration, trade, the status of nation-states, war, and aid.
Philosophy and International Law
In Philosophy and International Law, David Lefkowitz examines core questions of legal and political philosophy through critical reflection on contemporary international law. Is international law really law? The answer depends on what makes law. Does the existence of law depend on coercive enforcement? Or institutions such as courts? Or fidelity to the requirements of the rule of law? Or conformity to moral standards? Answers to these questions are essential for determining the truth or falsity of international legal skepticism, and understanding why it matters. Is international law morally defensible? This book makes a start to answering that question by engaging with recent debates on the nature and grounds of human rights, the moral justifiability of the law of war, the concept of a crime against humanity, the moral basis of universal jurisdiction, the propriety of international law governing secession, and the justice of international trade law.
Humanitarian Intervention
Intervention--the deliberate intrusion of a state or an internationally legitimized force into a country deemed guilty of large scale systematic violation of human rights--is probably the most controversial issue in modern world affairs. It has been dubbed "humanitarian," as humanitarianism is its raison d'etre, but its critics point not only to its frequent failure to improve a bad situation, but on occasion to make matters worse. Nevertheless, Professor Teson shows, it is a moral imperative that is at least permitted, if not demanded, by international law. Teson first argues that respect for human rights is the primary justification for states & governments, & that, accordingly, tyrannical governments have no international legitimacy. Then, following a detailed analysis of the UN Charter, customary law, & the Nicaragua case, he examines state interventions in Bangladesh, Central Africa, Uganda, & Grenada, as well as United Nations authorized interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Rwanda, & Bosnia.
The Theory of Self-Determination
In this book, leading scholars re-examine the principle of national self-determination from diverse theoretical perspectives.
Debating Humanitarian Intervention
When foreign powers attack civilians, other countries face an impossible dilemma. Two courses of action emerge: either to retaliate against an abusive government on behalf of its victims, or to remain spectators. Either course offers its own perils: the former, lost lives and resources without certainty of restoring peace or preventing worse problems from proliferating; the latter, cold spectatorship that leaves a country at the mercy of corrupt rulers or to revolution. Philosophers Fernando Tesón and Bas van der Vossen offer contrasting views of humanitarian intervention, defining it as either war aimed at ending tyranny, or as violence. The authors employ the tools of impartial modern ana...
The Theory of Self-Determination
When can a group legitimately form its own state? Under international law, some groups can but others cannot. But the standard is unclear, and traditional legal analysis has failed to elucidate it. In The Theory of Self-Determination, leading scholars chart new territory in our theoretical conception of self-determination. Drawing from diverse scholarship in international law, philosophy, and political science, they attempt to move beyond the prevailing nationalist conceptions of group definition. At issue are such universal questions as: when does a group qualify as a 'people'? Does history matter? Or is it a question of ethnic status? Are these matters properly solved by popular vote? Anchored in modern analytical political philosophy but with implications for a wide range of scholarship, this volume will prove essential for scholars and practitioners of international law, global justice, and international relations.
Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation
This book offers a comprehensive and sustained critique of theories of deliberative democracy.
A Philosophy of International Law
Why should sovereign states obey international law? What compels them to owe allegiance to a higher set of rules when each country is its own law of the land? What is the basis of their obligations to each other? Conventional wisdom suggests that countries are too different from one another culturally to follow laws out of mere loyalty to each othe
Human Rights in the 'War on Terror'
This book reviews the war on terror since 9/11 from a human rights perspective.
